Home Office issues visa to stranded Royal Navy pilot's wife

Marianne Rawlins, an American who was denied right to join British husband, receives apology for 'inconvenience'

The Home Office has issued a visa and apologised to the wife of a Royal Navy pilot left stranded in the US while her husband serves in the UK.

Marianne Rawlins, 34, has been granted a UK visa to join her husband, Lt Simon Rawlins, after the UK Visa and Immigration department initially ruled her application was not straightforward and required extra information.