Wife loses fight to bring over man who can't speak - 17th Dec 2011 12:14pm
Common Sense at Last!!!!
Three couples challenged law requiring people to speak English before coming to Britain to live with spouse
An Indian woman who argued that immigration rules preventing her husband from moving to the UK because he cannot speak English were a breach of the couple’s human rights has lost her case.
British citizen Rashida Chapti, 54, argued that her husband of 37 years, Vali Chapti, should be allowed to join her from India.
But immigration rules announced by Home Secretary Theresa May last year introduced new English language requirements for those moving to Britain to join a spouse.
Mrs Chapti, who has six children with her 57-year-old husband, argued in the High Court in Birmingham that the rule was a breach of the couple’s right to a private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Using legal aid to fight her case, she also argued that it was a breach of the right to marriage, and the right to be free from discrimination
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Three couples challenged law requiring people to speak English before coming to Britain to live with spouse
An Indian woman who argued that immigration rules preventing her husband from moving to the UK because he cannot speak English were a breach of the couple’s human rights has lost her case.
British citizen Rashida Chapti, 54, argued that her husband of 37 years, Vali Chapti, should be allowed to join her from India.
But immigration rules announced by Home Secretary Theresa May last year introduced new English language requirements for those moving to Britain to join a spouse.
Mrs Chapti, who has six children with her 57-year-old husband, argued in the High Court in Birmingham that the rule was a breach of the couple’s right to a private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Using legal aid to fight her case, she also argued that it was a breach of the right to marriage, and the right to be free from discrimination
Read More Here