Home Office overturns refusal of visa for NHS doctor's daughter

Amany Abdelmeguid will be allowed to bring three-year old girl to UK after the Guardian highlighted their struggle

The Home Office has overturned its refusal to issue a visa to the three-year old daughter of an NHS doctor after her fight was highlighted by the Guardian.

Amany Abdelmeguid came to the UK from Egypt in 2016 on a Tier 2 visa, sponsored by Health Education England as part of a drive to recruit junior doctors in the UK. At the same time, her husband – an anaesthetist – took a job in Saudi Arabia to get the training he needed to also work for the NHS.

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