A Brazilian Lalit Kala student has said Visa errors.
The 25 -year -old Juelia Cuto came to the UK to study in UCL’s Slade School of Fine Art five years ago and expected to live and work in London on a graduate visa. This visa Allow foreign students to stay in the UK For at least two years after completing your course.
But the home office refused her application in October last year, saying that she did not complete her course in UCL when she was – and asked her to leave the country within days. After fixing this error by the university, Ms. Koto applied for the second time, but was rejected again in December, when authorities rely on the last date of her physical residency card rather than her visa.
Ms. Koto applied for a review but, after six months, no decision has been taken. She is now unemployed, struggling for money and is unable to make any plan for her future including looking at her family.
He told Independent Said: “It has been a very emotionally difficult period in my life, perhaps the most difficult point of my life. Applying for a review means waiting and waiting and not listening to anything.
“I have to quit so many dreams and I think I am lost in the system. Now I can’t work and I cannot leave the country. I was going to spend Christmas and spend Christmas with my family in Brazil, but now I can’t do it. I can not do it. I have pushed back in July, but I can’t see myself back for a long time.
“I have gone through all my savings and now I am trusting my parents.”
After graduation in the last summer, Ms. Coto launched an internship at a top London Art Gallery. “I really remember that my life is now in the right place, I have this amazing task, I just need to confirm this visa so that I can finally rest,” he said.
Describing how he felt after receiving his initial rejection, Ms. Koto told Independent: “It was terrible. My life was going on so well and suddenly it felt as if my whole world was breaking.
She worked in the offices of the gallery in Mefare as her visa was valid by the end of November.
His biometric residence permit ended in early October, but his online EVISA account revealed that he still had a student visa till 26 November 2024. Government has been Going into an electronic visa system, Meaning people’s physical residency permit cards have ended, but their position is now proved electronically.
He said: “My dream is to work here and perform, and work in art galleries. But I have been completely unable to make any plan, unable to plan the next step in my career or in my relationship.
“Quitting would mean that I have built many relationships here in London”.
Local MP of Ms. Koto Jeremy Corbin said: “Julia has been treated disgusting – and now the authorities have been left in Limbo, correcting their mistakes. She faces a waiting of up to 12 months for judicial review decisions, and in the meantime, she cannot move forward with her career or does not lead to her family in Brazil.
“Sadly, his case is far from unique. Many of my components have been waiting in Limbo for years by a department which seems to be with the intention of living his life from living and contributing to society.”
Ms. Koto’s Solicitor Vitoria Naba said: “The case highlights a growing concern among international graduates that contribute significantly to the UK’s educational and economic scenario and fails with a lack of systemic disabilities and procedural clarity.
“We urge the house office to work rapidly and appropriately, ensuring that administrative errors do not result in the results of life-changing for obedient and competent persons who follow the law at every step.”
In the Rights Group The3Million, Andreya Dumitreche said: “Julia’s story is heartbreaking and unfortunately everyone is very familiar. We are standing with Julia and others like her, who are caught in the bureaucracy, they are caught in a nightmare, they denied justice because the system itself is broken.”
A home office spokesperson said: “It is our long -term policy not to comment on personal matters.”
