Article 6W9RQ Polish woman, 80, faces deportation from UK after mistakenly filling in form online

Polish woman, 80, faces deportation from UK after mistakenly filling in form online

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Diane Taylor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6W9RQ)

Elzbieta Olszewska refused time to complete paper application but was only told of decision after visitor visa had expired

A Polish woman has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office because her application form to stay was accidentally filled in online instead of on paper.

Elzbieta Olszewska, 80, had been living alone in her flat in Warsaw before arriving in the UK last September. Her only child, Michal Olszewski, 52, an aeronautical engineer who lives in Lincoln with his wife, had been travelling regularly to the Polish capital to support her.

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