Denied citizenship after 55 years living in Britain

Anna Amato moved to Britain from Italy when she was a baby. Fifty five years later, she has been denied British citizenship due to "insufficient evidence."
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[@jakkuwolfinsomnia8058]

This is ridiculous, if she lived here for 55 years, served, been an upstanding citizen, following the rules and laws and married to a British citizen this is beyond the necessary requirements to live here. I’m British by birth, this woman should be a citizen.

[@bremCZ]

She hasn't been a citizen at all. That's the problem.

[@acasccseea4434]

if she didn't look white, many wouldn't say the same thing

[@Aiden_Muslim]

@@acasccseea4434 tbh true

[@tamarahagenbeek]

This can/will happen to any human in the EU with one, two or without passports.

[@astridcollyer4763]

Hope this turns out okay for this women, they go after the wrong people , she is married to a British man got children with him who are also British wtf are the government doing

[@lesleyoxspring9655]

If someone has lived here all these years and also served faithfully, also being married to a British citizen, she should be. The wrong people are being persecuted.

[@neilburns8869]

Yes, absolutely correct because this Conservative government quite frankly haven't really got a clue.

[@petertaylor6384]

@Macavity ooo.....trigger?

[@christianzilla]

So you're pro persecution?

[@PhsycoEarthling]

@@christianzilla it’s the right thing

[@lesleyoxspring9655]

@@christianzilla But. no, the law is pro-perpetrator.

[@Spondre]

My father came to Canada in the 50's on a British military passport. In the 60's when he went to go visit his mother, despite having fought in WWII and having a DFC with bar, he was told his British passport could not be renewed since they assumed he had reverted to Irish. The Irish Embassy told him he was stripped of his Irish citizenship when he chose to fight for the British in WWII. The Canadian government granted him citizenship ten days later so that he could visit his sick mother. It often involves what random bureaucrat you encounter.

[@Spondre]

@keith9898 Just to clarify, he was told he had lost his Irish, and he died thinking he had, but he did not. His other response was to paint his house in three stripes of green, white, and orange. So, on a street where most homes flew Union Jacks on Victoria Day, I was the freckled face kid in that 'other' house. I must admit I was a bit surprised when a few years back, I contacted the same embassy about restoring my citizenship, and they told me that they could not help me since I had never lost it.

[@irandude1655]

Do you realize this is an every thing to other people right. Y’all sound shock if it happens to a random white person because y’all just expect to cruise by just because. Do you see the entitlement?

[@CrizzyD91]

Why on earth would he want to have his house painted in Irish colours when that was the country that he thought had abandoned him? Reverting to Irish back then was common, hence the assumption but the Irish (or whomeover, false as it may have been) stripped him of that citizenship out of spite.@@Spondre

[@Spondre]

@CrizzyD91 He was stubborn. Also, the British subsequently gave his entire family citizenship based on what he did during WWII, so I have quite a collection of passports through him.

[@CrizzyD91]

@@Spondre are you saying that the British government assumed his entire family decided to become Irish citizens after WWII? What a strange story, this must have been atypical, very interesting though!

[@collinmoeller1345]

This is a lesson to all people immigrating anywhere. Stay educated and stay on top of your paperwork. Nothing is a given and the system is very often unfair and stacked against you. The amount of times I’ve seen very intelligent people lose their status because of small mistake is concerning. It’s not fair, but not everyone can go to the media with an obviously unfair story to sort things out, sometimes life will smack you in the face if you’re not prepared.

[@peterwilson5528]

You call that a small mistake? I guess she will have a little bitterness and a sense of betrayal. That will be because it is a betrayal.

[@mathieucoffyn4345]

I agree, stay educated and keep your paperwork clean and up to date. You are guarantee to nothing. Citizenship, healthcare, retirement, home property, etc... Many British have voted for the loudest voice, and they will pay the price. Read the small lines of the contracts.

[@bbdj2779]

She arrived as a child, lived and worked in the UK all her life, has a family who are as British as any, had zero issues travelling in and out of the country for 50 years, now suddenly because of anti-immigrant zealots and the idiocy of Brexit, she is being targeted as not deserving to be here, AND you pontificate about keeping paperwork. Honestly. She shouldn’t have to lift a finger. It should be on the government to prove that her 55 years resident in the UK was a lie, then apologise for the stress they’ve caused.

[@collinmoeller1345]

@@peterwilson5528 Was not referring to what she did or what happened as a small mistake. I said, I’ve seen people I know to be intelligent make small mistakes on paperwork or deadlines and lose their visa / immigration status because of it.

[@collinmoeller1345]

@@bbdj2779 I agree with you. I even said it’s not fair. There’s no purpose in arguing her case bc I’m not blaming her or validating the governments behavior. I’ve just seen too many people lose legal immigration status via avoidable mistakes. While the reason they lost the status is often a systemic injustice that I vehemently disagree with, it exists all the same. I’m not blaming immigrants, just saying be careful bc the system is stacked against you.

[@angelaberni8873]

Criminals get away with murder ,whilst decent people who automatically should have rights as this lady,have to go through hell. Bureaucracy ( world over) makes me puke🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740]

Only person getting citizenship is ill legal unskilled peacefuls Isl - amic Emeegrants. London has become Londonistan and lost its identity

[@valeriemacphail9180]

@@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740 No. NO one is favoured. We ALL are forced to jump through the same idiotic hoops concocted by incompetents.

[@christophermcguire5795]

So play identity card what would, you the Heugonout French running for their lives, if there's a Muslim, population in London, for, sigh, it's for the God damn reasons they settle down they work all the hours God sends. Patel spit, doesn't give, a damn the majority of people crossing the channel, are seeking refuge, from the, Taiwan, ISIS, Iran, you get it now man, congratulations you've just hacked off a Scot sarcasm alert

[@jawad9757]

@@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740 I'm sure you know a whole lot about Islam

[@BrianKabonyo]

@@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740Haha are you trying to "evade censorship" or something?

[@hayley8907]

"There's no way you're British... you've no history of claiming benefits." What an absolute JOKE! The only saving grace is that this woman has managed to get her place on TV to share her story, which will hopefully help in resolving the issue. Imagine how many people are being treated this way by the system and we dont hear from them.

[@rocker-barrel4786]

Lol re benefits lmbo

[@hayley8907]

@@rocker-barrel4786 unbelievable isn't it? But she said herself if she had claimed benefits they would've accepted that as proof of her living there but she never did! They treat those who enter the country illegally seeking "help" with more respect than this woman

[@selmahare]

I have no History of claiming benefits in my own country (Portugal) either. I was in Britain for 3 years studying and working, way before Brexit, and it never even crossed my mind to claim benefits there either. I paid for my British masters with my Euros that I brought from my country. I was raised to see claiming benefits as something that only incapacitated people should do, it’s a matter of pride and self worth for my family and I. So to use claiming benefits as a proof of citizenship is profoundly sickening. This woman just like me has never claimed job seakers and is now getting punished for that, tells you everything you have to know about the system.

[@Ben-xe8ps]

@@hayley8907 She has no history of employment, studying, running a business, or anything else either. Apparently her husband has been fully supporting her since 1979!

[@Ben-xe8ps]

@PGH Engineer UK passports are not just given to immigrants. An immigrant needs to first apply for naturalization as a British Citizen which involves things like applying, paying a (currently quite large) fee, being of good character, swearing an oath of allegiance to HM The Queen and, in recent times, passing a citizenship test. There is no connection between being British and lawful residence in the UK as a foreign national. There is also nothing in this video to imply that she is being 'thrown out'. She does NOT mention anything along those lines and I am sure that she would if she were actually facing that threat.

[@livingfinance]

Why did she wait 55 years to apply for residency?

[@ibobeko4309]

because the laws changed after Brexit, before she had the freedom of stay and work wherever she wanted in the EU as an EU/ Italian passport holder.

[@angharadswansea9343]

I arrived in Canada as a child with my parents. Independent of my family I acquired my Canadian citizenship at the age of 18. I turned 65 in 2023. I applied for Old age security who wrote me a letter telling me they had no proof that I was a Canadian. I went to the office with every piece of ID I own, which was plentiful. The one piece that they accepted was my citizenship card from 1977, they chose that over my Canadian passport.

[@joeshmireku8665]

Are you Jane Gilchrist?

[@fensmarkfarm]

This reminds of a situation when the US deported adults who’d been adopted from South Korea as babies and had been living in the US their whole lives because the adoption agencies messed up and didn’t submit one form. It’s so sad in their cases and this lady’s case because they had always considered themselves American yet now they have to live in a country where they’ve never lived before and where they don’t even speak the language.

[@brianeastman3547]

Them Dagos are bad news in the 🇬🇧UK,organized crime.

[@sooky2253]

Do the paperwork!!!

[@lorainecodrington5721]

Look at the Windrush Generation and their children.

[@kingstonstreet3726]

The UK best the US

[@dragon.fromindia3235]

THERE IS NO GREEN ENERGY IN THIS WORLD.CONTROL AND MANAGE THE POLLUTION IS WHAT THE FUEL BURNING PEOPLE SHOULD DO..BUY CRUDE OIL WILL SAVE LIVES IN THIS WINTER,........

[@BlueSky-qs3wp]

After 55 years of living in Britain this woman has more rights than the people in the home office who refused her

[@oddvegan9797]

Why ?

[@franticzenster8140]

@@oddvegan9797 She was able to live comfortably in the UK as a non-citizen for 55 YEARS

[@oddvegan9797]

@franticzenster8140 So? Shouldn't EVERYONE have the same rights?

[@minominmina5672]

She should apply for permanent visa then uk citizenship years ago. Home office asks for proofs.

[@minominmina5672]

Not according to home office. There is no record of her permanent visa. Assumption and being complacent are not helping. There is no doubt shes in the uk for long time but documents are important to prove that she is a citizen of uk.

[@ibcanadaboy4381]

This is a ridiculous decision by the UK Home Office, but this woman was naïve. She was born Italian, moved to the UK, but never bothered to apply for the citizenship that she was entitled to by marrying a UK citizen.

[@doctorkhumalo7730]

This is what the home office does, I'm currently going through it with them as well, my situation is a little different as I came here legally as a 20 year old I've been here 20 years have 3 kids born here have worked and paid my taxes and national insurance like everyone else and I'm still trying to get a ILR as currently my visa status is about to expire, they have rejected my application stating that my kids can stay here with their mom and I can still be able to see them via video calls my partner is British as well and we have been together 15 years with our 3 kid, to be honest it's difficult to explain to people who have never dealt with the home office just how ruthless they can be, the system seems to only favour those that choose to manipulate it somehow, if you come here and do everything single thing legally and by the book they still find ways to make it impossible for you.

[@lmusima3275]

So they’re looking to separate families. Appalling

[@jjr1728]

You need to leave.

[@irrelevance3859]

They are so silly

[@carinaadams6797]

@@jjr1728 You do and good riddance to you.

[@lewisinho]

god bless you and your family

[@clarkmerchant2]

Should claim a hefty tax rebate, if there's insufficient evidence she's worked all those years. It just makes me embarrassed to be British. 😞

[@BoardsportsGroup]

No evidence of work history - no evidence she ever worked or paid tax or claimed benefits.

[@syproductions456]

Exactly, deporting her after she paid taxes would be literal theft

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

Check your national insurance record on line. It will be recorded there if you have paid tax & NI. If she worked for the NHS she will have a NI number.

[@picklecat4819]

@@BoardsportsGroup she worked for the NHS, she will have been paying national insurance and tax. HMRC will have records of all payments. I'd be claiming it all back.

[@o0xTHEcoPlayerx0o]

@@syproductions456 you guys dont seem to understand what taxes are. when she EARNED 10 £. she OWED the government part of that money because they FACILITATE her employment and manage the country... you dont suddenly not owe taxes because they kick you out..

[@vantheman1238]

This country is a disgrace. Treating people like this. WTF is going on.

[@Ancupola]

She clearly did something wrong - she has a nice life in the UK and if she does not like it she can go back to Italy. I am from Hong Kong and greatly love the UK. This whinger is looking for attention

[@PhysicsEnemy]

@@Ancupola How is it 'clear' exactly? Maybe she did, maybe she didn't. We didn't get to view her application before she sent it off.

[@theghostoftomjoad7161]

What's disgraceful is the attitude taken by the trolls on here, with their, (as usual), hateful rhetoric. Some people are simply a waste of oxygen!

[@jamescorbett3611]

@@Ancupola You make perfect sense she is very arrogant

[@jamescorbett3611]

@@PhysicsEnemy Ancupola is right this lady has done well in the UK and had decades to sort this out. She is a trouble maker

[@justinsaini]

Is this a joke? Her parents legally migrated to Britain, she’s married to a British citizen, her children are British, she’s lived, worked, and faithfully observed all laws for 55 years, and they wouldn’t even grant her permanent residency!! This is blasphemy!!

[@JosephineEze79]

She had to actually apply for it.

[@gunrock00]

Please do a follow up video. Did Ms Amato get an appeal? This is outrageous.

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Moved to Australia as a kid in 1974, family did the citizenship ceremony in 1975. As a minor I appeared on my Dad's paperwork. Fast-forward to 2017, my family, wife kids and I wanted to go to Bali for a short holiday. Wife and teenage kids got passports easy, I did not. No record of my citizenship and a confusing storm of paperwork. To suddenly feel like you don't belong to your home country is not good. Hope you sort out your paperwork.

[@speedbirdconcorde001]

I think there is a provision which allows spouses of citizens to obtain citizenship

[@raparossa9414]

Which Country are you originally from? And how did you manage to solve this issue?

[@speedbirdconcorde001]

@Ali Al-Mahdi Dude, what the...

[@speedbirdconcorde001]

@Ali Al-Mahdi For goodness sake...

[@christophermcguire5795]

Al Mahdi you don't denigrate the dead, if, you vote Tory if your a minority who supports them, ptah

[@andrewfenton3007]

Appalling! What a way to treat someone who has lived in this country for 55 years.

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

And worked for the NHS, it’s disgusting.

[@minominmina5672]

All she needs is see immigration lawyer, she will give her advise. Citizenship is not automatic, an immigrant has to apply steps by steps to get the citizenship.

[@minominmina5672]

@@AndyUK-Corrivalworking for nhs does give her a ticket to get citizenship. I worked for nhs too, im naturalised because i waited the required time before i got it. All she needs is apply, use immigration lawyer.

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

@@minominmina5672 You misunderstand me, she should be treated far better and allowed to stay. I was just commenting on the irony that she worked for the NHS and still treated so badly.

[@BenjWarrant]

I think the way people like this are treated by the Home Office is *appalling*. But did it not occur to this lady that there was something problematic about travelling on an *Italian passport* after having lived and worked in the UK for 55 years? She would have had to apply for that passport within the last ten years - nobody who is an ordinary English citizen - born in this country to English citizen parents - would dream of applying for an Italian passport instead of an English one. That's where her problem lies - if you are travelling on an Italian passport the Home Office is going to start from the presumption that you are Italian, and want to be treated as Italian at least for some purposes.

[@davidmoore8857]

I am British (born in Brum). I went Hong Kong before the handover. I married an Indonesian lady 20 years ago and we have son, born in HK. I’ve been told my wife has no automatic right of entry to the UK, and my son cannot pass on his British nationality as he was born outside the UK. In fact, the UK does not even recognize my Hong Kong marriage certificate. I am in the Middle East but made redundant. I have never claimed one single penny from the British government and yet my son, who wants to attend university in Britain, and is a full British passport holder (or so we thought) is being treated as a foreigner. It’s actually cheaper for him to go to Holland! What has happened to Britain. Like this lady in the video, I feel rejected in favour of others.

[@paulinfrancis]

As a holder of a British passport, I find this utterly disgraceful. I’m so sorry that people have to endure this injustice.

[@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768]

The real in justice is her own country as is with all immigrants they leave their own country because it is shit that does not mean you can come to Britain and just milk it dry at the expense of the natives. Most foreign people that move here show zero respect to the host people they just want more and more whilst slagging us off at every opportunity..well, we are fed up of it.

[@paulinfrancis]

@@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768 did we watch the same video? She spent her whole life in the UK, paid tax, and provided for herself. People with xenophobic mindsets like you, make me so glad that I left the UK years ago, and I have no intention of moving "home" anytime soon.

[@Thierryhenry1444]

As a holder of a turtle head in me azz I have to go to the toilet

[@detritiv0re144]

@@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768 How old are you? What's your occupation and level of education?

[@takeapictureitlllastlonger5768]

@@paulinfrancis Thank fuck. Dont come back

[@salamandrasalamandra6]

I lived in the UK for 20 years. 2001 until 2020. I'm Spanish. I loved it there, had lots of friends, even a British girlfriend and towards the end of that period a British daughter. The moment the referendum was announced i knew what was coming for EU citizens. Looked into citizenship and the sheer cost and hassle totally put me off. Got "indefinite right to remain status" in 2019. I sooo don't trust the UK government to honour it for much longer. Think Windrush... We decided to leave Plague island in July 2020. Best move ever. Now my daughter has Spanish passport ( her birth right), my girlfriend and i got married last year and she's already applying for Spanish citizenship. Never thought i would come back to Spain. All i can say is Good Riddance!!! Only regret is that we didn't do it earlier.

[@barbaratg5230]

Hi salamandra. My ex is spanish. The most beautiful country, beautiful people, music culture, food, family life, wine weather, language and love. What more could y

[@standZ4]

I'm very happy for you

[@susanharrisdemorales3446]

That is sad. Sad that it had to come to that. The English Island mentality is zenophobic. I am English by birth, European or a world Citizen by experience and choice.

[@graveperil2169]

can i have your stuff?

[@Spendarellaa]

Born here but embarrassed to be British.

[@ByleDoPrzodu]

That's why I am glad someone advised me to apply for permanent residency just two years after I moved in here (2009) Few years later I had no problem with getting a citizenship

[@AuberaunPsychology]

Why didnt she already do this years ago? Doesn't make sense. She's literally complaining that she's too lazy to apply even though she could have done it 30 years ago.

[@marine102192]

Because she had no idea she was not a citizen on paper

[@jrpgnation6375]

Comprehension is something you don't posses. Clown

[@Mizanur28]

Because she was exercising her EU treaty rights, which gave her permission to live and work freely in the UK as if she were a British citizen. However, many people didn't realise that following brexit those rights would come to an end.

[@binyoung7297]

@@Mizanur28 That is NOT an excuse. The consequences for EU nationals' right to remain in the UK were more than adequately disseminated before the official Brexit. She just did not bother to find out. If she had, it was very easy to sort out. She is the type of person who lives her life just assuming things. Once she is forced to find out that is not the case, she cries to the media.

[@peripatetic8839]

So sad, Patel is the home office now, it's even more f**** up. God help people like that lady.

[@laurencebilly2685]

The UK have a massive problem. I worked for the Immigration ombudsman dealing with appeals regarding immigration statues (between 2004-2006). The backlog then was 3 years to hear a case. I could imagine that after Brexit this would put considerable strain on dealing with these cases

[@RamKumar-yi6wn]

@@trumptasticworld8270 I've been reading your other comments in this video. You are just so full of hate and venom. Who do you think is going to be affected by your bile ? You are. Stop carrying so much negativity in your mind, it's only a matter of time before it slips into your body and causes havoc.

[@CP1900PC]

Trumptastic World what kind of jobs were you talking about being taken away by immigrants? Maybe you should lend a hand or apply for a job at a british farm, because the british farmers have done everything they can to recruit british workers for their plant. And they are still waiting. No one wants to do the job, they raised the salary, etc and they are crying for british workers to apply for their jobs. The same goes to hospitality and catering business, where are the british workers?

[@mogznwaz]

I don't care. They have a choice to go home. Native Brits only have one country and they should not be obliged to share it with those who collect passports and don't care enough to have become British properly years ago instead of dividing their loyalties

[@MilanGilgames]

@@trumptasticworld8270 'failed countries' Yes: rich countries with all sorts and types of economical agreements and loads of other ways make these countries to be constantly broken. They have no chance of improving........... Nothing wrong of having love for your own country or own people but u need to look closely and examine that what makes a country a 'failed' country.

[@stephenwalsh4481]

@@CP1900PC ive seen loads of british workers mate I used to work in the hospitallity industry and worked with many a lazy foreign worker!

[@november132]

Absolutely ridiculous. Yet if she was a different color she would've been offered citizenship without even asking!!

[@porkscratchings5428]

This is a joke! She’s not like a free loading refugee ! Come back via a boat and will get more rights than a UK resident!

[@spy2778]

My Dad is British, he was born in India while his very British parents where serving in the War. He grew up in England. I though, cannot get a British passport. My brother, who was a British citizen for over 5 years, had his British passport torn up in front of us, their answer was that he too isn’t eligible. The British immigration service is one of the most evil institutions I’ve ever come across. Completely unable to keep out the unwanted, yet making it impossible for those with a right to citizenship.

[@criminalitycollective]

Unfortunately this is not just Britain. A lot of countries don’t allow dual citizenship.

[@tank-slushy4727]

1. Were you born in the UK or abroad? 2. How did your brother lose citizenship after having held it for 5-years.

[@sarahlachman1349]

That's by design sadly

[@tank-slushy4727]

@@criminalitycollective The UK allows dual citizenship. The women in this video doesn’t understand the concept of being a resident, which means to posses a legal Residence Permit (Biometric Residence Permit). The only reason she was allowed there for so long with a visa is because she held EU citizenship, all other EU/EAA citizens had freedom of movement back then. She also forget that she needed to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain.

[@ashrafsubhan8891]

jar 1728 on your bike to Bombay.Plenty of Cheap flights to Bombay.

[@josephinenilsson1541]

Meanwhile, my mother, who isn’t British, is a British citizen even though she only lived there for a couple of years in her 20’s. I feel very bad for this woman 😔

[@PHlophe]

Josefine, i don't get it but did she got back to SE after her 20s ?

[@josephinenilsson1541]

How did you know we’re from Sweden?

[@ayyo6997]

@@josephinenilsson1541 your last name

[@josephinenilsson1541]

Aha! How observant of you. I was very creeped out for a minute. The reason is that my mothers father, my grandfather, was British. When she was born she received dual citizenship automatically, even though they lived here in Sweden and she was born here. But at that time, evidently, having a British parent still gave you citizenship. This was in the 60‘s. She then had dual citizenship all through her childhood, but when she turned 18 Sweden for a period did not recognize dual citizenship (or maybe it was the UK - either way she had to chose one) and while my mothers siblings, being reasonable people, realized that you should be a citizen in the country you actually come from, my mother wanted to move to the UK, so she relinquished her Swedish citizenship and kept her British. She then moved to London when she was 19 and lived there for two years, then moved back to Sweden at 21. This was in the late 80’s, and she hasn’t even _been to the UK_ since, but she remains a British citizen to this day. Today she has dual citizenship again though, although she didn’t for a few years and it actually caused a few problems, nothing major though. I just thought of the absurdity that my mother is a British citizen and she isn’t British and has only lived there for two years like 35 years ago, and this woman who is clearly British can’t get citizenship in her own country. Very unfair.

[@fainafaina1940]

@@josephinenilsson1541 I wonder if my child would be able to get back to the UK as British citizen if he decides to one day. He has dual citizenship and was born in England but at the age of 2 he moved to the country of his other citizenship. And we were not able to renew his British passport after the age of 5.

[@L-mo]

Same thing happened to my mum after 80 years here. Also Italian. Sure there are others. They are like a Windrush generation. Eventually get her permanent leave to remain but it was a nightmare and she got refused initially and threatened with deportation. Effing disgusting. She draws a state pension (having had a lifetime of paying her taxes) and has lived at the sane address for 16 years, paying council tax, but none of it was deemed sufficient proof. NI number, NHS. Eventually they accepted banking and building maintenance payments (and a complaining letter) - but it was traumatic and unnecessary. This irony is the UK wasn’t even in the EU when my mum moved here.

[@morat795]

Demolish the home office with the employees inside & build it from the ground up.

[@happyebb]

One time I was visiting the UK, I was questioned why I had short hair, "was it because I had lice?" they asked. I was shocked. Immigration was trying hard to find a problem with me even though I had everything in order. I was forced to go have a chest x-ray for TB at the airport by a doctor at my cost at about 50 pounds because of the country I was coming from. It was insulting and humiliating. There we a long line of people. I don't see UK citizens appreciating that kind of treatment from anyone.

[@logistaur]

With all due respect, if u were coming from a developing country that is known to have TB cases then u shouldn't be insulted for being asked to take a chest x-ray

[@Beeswax106]

@@logistaur You know, TB damage can be seen even if you got rid of the disease.

[@logistaur]

@@Beeswax106 you know, TB can still infect you and still be ASYMPTOMATIC.

[@logistaur]

@@Beeswax106 thats why they asked for the cxr

[@YoureRightIThink]

What is lice?

[@tomstopper5281]

I lived in the U.K. for over 27 year, and after Brexit I had to prove I lived here… I have been paying my taxes and national insurance. I almost got refused as I could not prove that I was living here between 2016/17. It is so sad to treat residents in this manner.

[@Varrus101]

How did you succed? I am going to go through it in 2025, and I lost sleep over it

[@tomstopper5281]

@@Varrus101 I showed my back accounts transactions for the period requested.

[@franceleeparis37]

Tom Stopper… stop whinging mate… there are tens of thousands of people from all over the world who are entitled to stay in the UK for 90-180 days but it does not mean they live here.. they do it to avoid tax in their own country and so effectively pay no tax.. you can do this for decades… that’s why UK is so attractive to foreigners.. and the locals suffer..🤬🤬

[@tomstopper5281]

@@franceleeparis37 shut up st…d cow. I lived and payed taxes since 1994 and have always been register as a resident in each borrows I lived in, I even registered my my country of birth as a citizen living in the U.K. Then because I was setting up my business and did not ask for any benefit my permanent residency was questioned during the tax year 2016/17. If I asked for benefits I would have qualified, but I lived off my savings. The fact I have lived here since 1994 was not even taken in account. The people who are allowed to live here to avoid tax bring money into the country and the conservative are happy to keep them here, so are all the money coming from Russia. You are just an absolute ignorant. This videos is in regards to honest people that have always worked, paid taxes and lived in the U.K. and are respectful of the U.K. law. There are so many job vacancies at present and some U.K. people are not taking them as they prefer to get benefits than going to work. The “locals” as you call them should be glad the we are paying their pension and taxes towards health and government investments. Insert your brain before you let that idiotic nonsense come out of your mouth.

[@rocker-barrel4786]

Thats the thing thow ,many are not residents.

[@dorothyb.]

What? This is bonkers

[@anotherelvis]

From other news sources: "She could apply for citizenship through her British husband but says she's offended by the idea of having to sit an English and history test and paying more than a thousand pounds to get citizenship after living in Britain for over half a century."

[@foppo100]

This is shocking to hear this lady.I have lived and worked in the U.K.for 54 years.My children are adults and we have two grandchildren.I came across from the Netherlands and met my wife.I have a British pension and a small pension from BP.Do I have to feel uncomfortale at the age of 72 of what the government is going to do with me in the future?I have permission to stay I honestly didn't think I would have had to apply.

[@MariaLopez-hc2nm]

@@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740 💯💯💯

[@MariaLopez-hc2nm]

The flood gates opened over the last 20 years..All the Rubble was allowed in..made No contribution to the country, created evil criminal activities.e.g. street crime, stabbings..child trafficking, breed like hell. Drained the £ system..police..i won't even Go there,,.I could go on. Political system failing by the minute...lies and more lies..I'm so glad I don't live there anymore..the phrase..' I'm British' doesn't cut it anymore...it has Zilch effect....😁😁😁

[@AndrewTFenn]

> I have lived and worked in the U.K.for 54 years. She's complaining no one has any tax records from 49 years ago.. She hasn't worked in the UK for 49 years...

[@alissagonzales735]

If she worked then she should have records of some kind.

[@Tugela60]

Deportation of course.

[@francisryan1845]

I saw the growth of British fascism coming back in 2013 and got out. I lived in UK all my life but was always Irish and was welcomed home without any problem. Youonly have to look at the wat Assange was treated to know what road the UK is on.

[@YouTubeUserCx]

I'm of Irish, Scottish, Norwegian and Swedish origin (great grandparents and 2nd great grandparents came from those countries on my dad's side) and I am considering moving back to Scandinavia or Ireland, maybe even Canada. The UK is a shxthole to some extent and it's depressing.

[@rickywatson1583]

@@KZbinUserCx This has to be a joke.....

[@YouTubeUserCx]

@@rickywatson1583 I just tell it how it is. Sorry dude.

[@zero_ambient]

If this is true, we must ask why so many welcome it.

[@markaguilera493]

You obviously don't know what fascism really is.

[@geminix365]

As she said, paying taxes for 40 years doesn't make you a resident, claiming unemployment money does!

[@bebois2529]

This happened to many Jamaican wind rush people…

[@jamesberry5578]

This is completely unacceptable.

[@frazermurray8605]

I'm a British citizen, resident in another country, thank God! Shame on you Britain, for doing this! Shame on you. The country I was born in is no longer what it used to be. I'm ashamed of it.

[@alchemist7412]

lol Your country's past is worse than your present.

[@HelenaMikas]

I'm British born and have lived in Germany years and would never move back to the squalid little dictatorship it has become .

[@kingofracism]

@@HelenaMikas you guys make it sound like something I would be interested in, but in reality we are obsessed with individualism, freedom, capitalism and social liberalism. England needs a dictator. Stop making it sound so good here, it's really not.

[@eddielasowsky7777]

@@HelenaMikas You're not welcom eback. Stay in your little shithole.

[@tusais7]

@@eddielasowsky7777 Someone is salty

[@SusanRaw-ks3xb]

I am so sorry you are experiencing this, please contact your MP, I am sure this will be quickly resolved when they become involved.

[@Sensible-Immigrant]

Had you applied on time, you wouldn't have to suffer today. You are Italian living in the UK.

[@joannewhite7154]

The passport office can easily find your details. If they say they can't then you need to sue them. You will see how fast they find all your citizen details. This has happened to some of my friends. They said they had no evidence of them being here even with tax, work and pensions, and social service records going back to when their childhood or birth was evident.

[@uchenna127]

Why did she not apply for citizenship the moment she was eligible to do so, and if she "feels" so British, why has she been galivanting around the world with an Italian passport?

[@oscarross1268]

Probably cause you can still do stuff with an Italian passport, brexshit makes the British passport useless 😂

[@roberthorwat6747]

​​​@@uchenna127the instant my Dad arrived on British soil the last thing on his mind was applying. He never bothered. He lived here for fifty years and died in 1993 so ha ha Dad 1 Home Office 0. What are they gonna do? Dig up his corpse and post his bones back to somewhere that is not even in the same country it used to be?

[@uchenna127]

@@roberthorwat6747 Did your dad see himself as British?

[@roberthorwat6747]

@@uchenna127 he saw himself as bloody fortunate he managed to get out of the USSR out of the clutches of Uncle Joe Stalin and grateful that he didn't get killed fighting for Mr. Churchill at Monte Cassino in 1943 (it was a close thing though!) I guess after all that, filling in a form seemed hardly worth the trouble, but then while he was alive the British government weren't checking to see who they could kick out.

[@killaboomer]

Carry on voting tory see what other goodies they have in stock!

[@DCFunBud]

The Tories are destroying Britain with Brexit. What will they have to say for themselves when Scotland and Northern Ireland leave the Union?

[@Grumpy401]

Sorry, but you don't stay in a foreign country for 55 years without worrying about legalisation. I've been in the UK for 20 years and went through all the legal hoops to make sure my presence here would never be questioned. It costs money, and it's stressful, but it gives you peace of mind. She should have applied decades ago, or at least when people started talking about Brexit.

[@jesusbermudez6775]

You are very right. I find it so strange that one can be in the country for over 50 years and not worry about making sure her documents are in order. I am Venezuelan born, but have lived in the UK for over 40 years, and I obtained a British passport since I was able to apply for it.

[@L333gok]

I find it odd how she’s been here for 55 years and still has a noticeable accent. I feel like something had been left out of the story, like those 55 years not being consecutive…

[@jesusbermudez6775]

I've been in the UK since I was 12 and I am 65. I've a very noticeable accent. I am original from Venezuela. I do feel the story is odd because I certainly have all my documentation up to date. However, the accent is not significant to find the story odd. @@L333gok

[@fransdigitalmediaservices3912]

So many migrants come to the UK. Once you are in, there no ID Cards, no internal checks so it is easy to disappear. With this lady, she probably married young, and as she said probably never claimed benefit, and was probably a housewife taking care of her kids, who were lucky to have her at home. I think this reflects more on the Britsh who do not know who is in their country. I was in Nice recently watching a French Military rememberance ceremony. The police were checking ID cards of a few people. No big deal. Here in the UK it would be considered an invasion of privacy to ask for ID without due cause.

[@jesusbermudez6775]

Yes, that is a good possibility. @@fransdigitalmediaservices3912

[@Maebbie]

this is the most "computer says no" moment ever

[@Lyn4817]

We had the same issue in Australia with my husband. I'm Aussie born. My husband came out from the UK on his parents family visa, plus he was Done rioted for National Service. Then in 76 planning to go overseas, we found out he had to apply for citizenship. As you can imagine I went slightly Wally Wonkers over the entire episode. Surely you had to be an Australian citizen to get called up for National Service? Surely being married to an Australian citizen counted for something. He'd been in the country for 14 years, also along with Aussie schooling and Apprenticeship. Nope, nope, hope, nope and nope. Fortunately we got everything formalised before going overseas and weren't force to cancel or postpone. Almost 50 years later and it still gets me going.

[@joycebaron672]

If your husband emigrated to Australia as a child with his parents then he would be a perminant resident same as them, all he would need if he left the country would be a residents return visa. I know we emigrated to Australia with our children, we've had no problems at all.

[@JJS_11]

This woman didn't apply for permanent residency because she felt British. Follow the damn rules.

[@dinkster1729]

Yeah! If nothing else, she's married to a British citizenship so she easily get what is called "a green alien" in the U.S., right? @@JJS_11 Just follow the silly rules, my dear, and all will be well.

[@gujh03]

Surely when you say he rioted then didn't he have a criminal record ?

[@michaelsweeney5559]

Same thing happened to my New Zealand born mother who lived in Australia since she was a child. She applied for and Australian passport to go to Hong Kong and was refused as she was not a citizen but was able to live her as a NZ citizen and had to travel on the NZ passport. I was born in Australia but because of when I was born I found out I had full NZ citizenship since birth as well as my Australian citizenship since I was born in Australia. Don't assume anything re citizenship.

[@KeepAnEyeOnDan]

And yet plenty of others enter illegally with no issues 😒 Feel so sorry for this poor woman 😞

[@Alex462047]

The British government let a ton of migrants in, but refused citizenship a woman of 55 years residency and good standing. These people are nuts. 🥴

[@bbdj2779]

Does it get any more preposterous than this? Our hard earned taxpayer money is being wasted on pursuing this.

[@yewjin6107]

You are right. The people were honest.

[@josephbenadam]

Hahaha

[@starscream3441]

If you believe the British were ever honest. I have a bridge to sell you.

[@jordanleigh8119]

@@starscream3441 the British have been the most honourable people in history.

[@spyboy0076]

@@jordanleigh8119 by destroyinh enslaving and draining other peoples wealth. Lol

[@ergunyildizoglu8018]

If they are that honest why they went to india, africa, asia, middle east? Who supperted corrupted and barbaric goverment in africa , asia and specially middle east? Who looted richness and natural sources of middle east? Oh yea , you just went there for touristic purposes and bringing them democrasi and teach them human rights!

[@bellyfluff101]

don’t give up. Write to your MP to begin with as the people who work in immigration tend to be bias and not terribly bright. Your schools with have records of your attendance as well as your family dentists and doctors. Don’t feel that you’re not British because you evidently are (Mind you, being Italian is something pretty marvellous). Unfortunately you will have to get a big file of paperwork together. As friends for old photos. Think about old utility or mobile phone bills. As your MP to attend the immigration meeting but do get your paperwork together. It’s a pain, but once it’s over you can rest easy. They are arseholes… be strong.

[@heliotropezzz333]

I wouldn't be sure of those things. It's not always easy. I was born in the UK but if I had to prove I'd lived here from my birth it might be difficult. My primary school has been demolished. My secondary school changed status. I doubt they'd have old records. I did keep annual school reports though. My tertiary education college also changed status. The place of my first job after education has closed down. Doctors and Dentists from childhood have died. I don't imagine that paper records from that far back would be kept. Who keeps their phone bills or utility bills for decades? Probably the best thing to go for would be the national insurance record which would prove a record of work in the UK provided there were no gaps. I do think were some people were asleep when considering what Brexit might mean.

[@heliotropezzz333]

@Alliance * revoke not invoke (invoke means to call upon)

[@veroniquendambo3242]

If I were in this lady's shoes, I would just pack my bags and head back home. She must still have some relatives over there, even some distants. They will welcome her and eventually the husband. Since they failed to apply for citizenship, the fault is theirs. Therefore, it is pointless arguing with someone who is free to choose who can enter his house and at which condition, and losing one's dignity! The couple is lucky because they can migrate to Italy and enjoy the good food, weather, wine, people warmth, seaside resort, the mountains, etc.., and even the chance of becoming centerions! Yeah! I am sure they won't regret it.

[@neverletmego1948]

What do you mean "your" MP? Do you mean she was allowed to vote in parliamentary elections even though she was not a citizen? As a foreigner she does not have an MP in the sense that she cannot, legally speaking, be a constituent.

[@jeromeh7985]

@@neverletmego1948 Her British husband's MP

[@julietbwalya2344]

This is exactly what is happening to some people in south Africa

[@DannyPotato]

I was born here, but I was refused when my parents applied on my behalf when I was 13 for similar ridiculous reasons, and now I see I have to go through the same process and payment as if I had moved into the country 5 years ago.

[@canarion101]

This is wrong. There should be control but honestly someone who has been an upstanding citizen for so long should be able to stay

[@Rob-cy8xc]

You believe this utter bullshit ?

[@Rob-cy8xc]

@SalNova15 you belive in whatever you want -any rational English person can see straight through this complete rubbish. There is no follow up because it’s left wing propaganda. Simple

[@cloverite]

@Alliance she’s never been a British citizen, she has an Italian passport. So she’s had decades to apply for British citizenship and didn’t.

[@Tugela60]

She has never been British, she is Italian.

[@michaelmonaghan8172]

So sorry to hear this. Please continue to get your story out there, the impact is huge!

[@brendapaul5950]

So sorry. This reminds me of those from the Windrush scandal, people from the Caribbean, invited to Uk to work after the war with promise of lifetime residency/citizenship. Many were subsequently told the same thing you were: not qualified to be in the UK. The Home Office had to be "shamed" internationally before they started to do the right thing. In the interim, many elders were deported after working and paying taxes and raising children in the UK. I am so sorry this happened to tyou and pray it gets resolved without more pain as this has to be extremely hurtful and I too am glad your Dad did not witness this sad occurrence. (I am a daughter of Belize, formerly British Honduras, residing in New York, USA)

[@franticzenster8140]

Why did she only apply for British citizenship in 2019 when she's been living there for 55 years? She should've applied for citizenship DECADES ago.

[@LeeTheKnight]

I worked with an Italian in her exact situation he believed for 45+ years that "immigrant" & "foreigner" only applied to black/brown people & was very shocked to be issued with a letter. He thought the nitty-gritty paper work and documentation was only for people below him. His privilege was well and truly checked. He was a massive racist so I didnt pity him. I do feel sorry for her though.

[@Fluffyolphert]

Based Italian

[@jackb3632]

It doesn’t matter if you are white, black or brown. We all have to contribute to the government by engaging ourselves to employment and pay our taxes.

[@propagandaisnottrue2121]

@@jackb3632 employment wasn't being discussed though... sigh..

[@jackb3632]

@@propagandaisnottrue2121 listen to what she said carefully. It’s all about employment. She said a family member of her got it why she didn’t get it.

[@propagandaisnottrue2121]

@@jackb3632 No it wasn't.. It was all about her not filling in the right forms and leaving things for 50 years.. She said.. 5 years of bank statements proving she was being paid wages... She also said.. I've never claimed benefits... You are assuming something because it fits your preconceptions...

[@PiperTMTotalWar]

Absolutely scandalous!

[@jamescorbett3611]

She is an arrogant entitled individual - she did not complete her application correctly should be deported with such a bad attitude

[@annaatthepiano9884]

@@jamescorbett3611 Yep, she thinks she is special definitely something is not right round her.

[@jimbell122]

@@annaatthepiano9884 I agree I have all my paperwork ready to gain citizenship , I have had the eu settlement status since 2017 it’s not the government’s responsibility to provide the paperwork

[@binyoung7297]

This is what happens when people are so "chill", "laid-back", lazy or whatever, that they just assume things, instead of sorting out the important things in their life. This woman has had everything in her favor. She is married to a British citizen, and is an Italian citizen. When the UK was still in the EU, she could have easily applied for indefinite leave to remain in the UK on the basis of being an EU citizen. But no, she did not bother to find out. She just has been assuming things for all her life.

[@raalaa121]

100% I always felt like my dad always staying on top of things like this was over reacting, but he always said when you can get certain documents, get them. Don't wait.

[@carlosacta8726]

I am speechless! Simply speechless!!!!!!! Talk about twilight zone level surreal!

[@tempusfugit7662]

Unfortunately this kind of thing happens in many countries. I was resident in Holland for 12 years, then was working in Germany and Holland for a few years. After 15 years I can claim Dutch nationality as I had permanent residence and married to a Dutch citizen. But they refused to accept my last few years of "joint" residence because I had not spent enough time in Holland, even though I owned my own apartment there (still do). Not sure how you can be more resient than that, but I decided after that I will never take Dutch nationality - screw 'em.

[@jeromeh7985]

If you have an EU nationality it isn't that important no huge practical consequences...

[@lb2791]

@@jeromeh7985 until your host country decides to follow some right wing populists and leave the EU. you also don't get a say in this because you're not a citizen.

[@jeromeh7985]

@@lb2791 True we are at risk of some right wing populist in every country.

[@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931]

Look, I'd be the first to knock Dutch civil servants who can absolutely be a bunch of self-serving citizen hating apparatchiks. On the other hand however they don't make the rules. You say yourself you had 12 years of residence and the law requires 15? Of course you can discuss the merits of this requirement. Anyway I am sure your citizenship would be beneficial to the country and to you and I regret a lot the whole process making you feel unwanted. I hope you change your mind and still get that citizenship. Succes.

[@charlesm9190]

You have the right to anyway, you can contest it!

[@kayhan87omer25]

i really feeling sorry for her i hope she is citizen now

[@xythiera7255]

Why woud you feel sorry . She had 55ys to do it and to 99% votes for Brexit as well . She now palys the victome card when it happens to her .

[@dropperknot]

@Andrew Carrington I only hope I am never forced to move to Italy, What a terrible thought.

[@DailyGenshinRex]

@@xythiera7255 Expect she thought she had citizenship for the past 55 years. And the fact she was denied is horrific

[@KoniTheChiwa]

@@xythiera7255 Nice strawman

[@ErsanYolcu]

@@DailyGenshinRex You don't assume you are British, you have certificate of citizenship, if you have it then you know you are British. Or you must have a British passport. She has been travelling between UK and Italy for 55 years, using only Italian passport. This is crystal clear. So she 100% knew she wasn't a British citizen. I know some European people who lived in the UK for 15-20 years and they are proud to be Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Italian etc and they refused to apply for British citizenship.. until Brexit.

[@JoseReyes-jy8nj]

Geez, my parents always told me that i was not born in USA, i was brought at 2 months old from Mexico. After my 18th birthday, i immediately applied for citizenship. ¿ Why didn't her parents tell her this? Feel bad for her. Wish her best

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

That was a very smart thing to do. If one of your parents became a US citizen before your 18th birthday, you could have obtained citizenship automatically, and I believe at low or no cost. I also believe that children who are adopted by US citizens automatically obtain citizenship as soon as the adoption is finalized.

[@nickbarber2080]

She had the opportunity to apply in 1981 after the Nationality Act. A lot of people fell foul of this by thinking they could save themselves the fee. It was made very clear at the time that foreign nationals should register if they wanted to be naturalised. Many friends did this.

[@livingfinance]

Right, I don’t know why she should get any more sympathy when there are non-Europeans who have gone through the same thing.

[@MuzzaHukka]

​@@livingfinancebecause she's a European, she's one of our own, unlike non-Europeans

[@carinaadams6797]

@@MuzzaHukkaShe’s not “one of your own”. You’ve no connection to her apart from skin colour.

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

Shes lived here for 55 years and worked and married a British citizen, its a disgrace she was refused, meanwhile worthless immigrants come here begging like dogs

[@furriadroxiaiu]

The problem is not UK emigration laws but bureaucracy in general. In Italy there are thousands of cases of young children of emigrants, who have spent their whole life in this country, who do not yet have citizenship. They often do not know their parents' language and have never been to their country of origin. There are no laws that can help them and there is no political will to solve their cases.

[@dardo4110]

Different issue. if you are born in italy but from foreigner parents , even if you are resident, by Law you can choose between Italian Nat. or your parents nationality...only when you are 18yo. Adult age.

[@stjohnsilver9538]

And what has that got to do with this lady?

[@grahvis]

It's all a matter of tick boxes, tick the right ones, you are okay

[@edvickery8674]

Parts of this comment section is making me ashamed of my country and the people inside it. Horrifying levels of unkindness are on display

[@trumptasticworld8270]

What country is that?

[@edvickery8674]

Trumptastic World 🇬🇧

[@kenneth6102]

The fact is there are tax avoiding rich cunts that are protected by crooked politicians. They drain the country dry and common people pay the price.

[@paulhampton6408]

@P T corrupting exist, nation's divided / people & systems corroded & a lawless society / media of destructive nature, cops under paid & abused equally but the vast majority targets everything & everyone unequally"! It's the nation's FAULTS for TOLERATING / ALLOWING it to happen & undergo / endure it"! Or is there no republic & no systems, just a fake shallow assumption their is that's taught to us all ????. I've seen more happen than just cute bloodbaths greed uncivil wars ! I've seen head literally on pikes & heads roll & limbs fly off as well discovered the gifts Privileged to those to get to wake up every day" they do, in this terrifying times & world, even they broken / broke souls / hearts who survived knees on Adam's apples or a jammed nose to there brains, you still have scars & past destructive things being rebirth"d & being influenced to occur to repeat history that's rewrote to begin with""! I have a federal government question for you. Do you suggest the military is deputized & a lot of doors get removed permanently, & living a nwo instead of citizen soldiers protecting you ?! Or do you assume they weed out the bad nasty cops & catch them harshly unprotected from the system & justice system to be tried equally as a regular citizen / police officer would be, if the nation's allowed it ? Just curious to your intake / perception/ perceiving of this since you seem to understand how corrupted corroded crooked the nation it's people & systems all really are that allow it to happen & go on, instead of doing something effectively immediately about it on spot"! If the gov gave to cares about it, it would be globally announced & they would step in & stop it immediately"! But you see why they don't, that's why I wondered your take on it all, ? Respectfully / Sincerely, Paul~.

[@paulhampton6408]

In advance apologies for the mannerisms,@@edvickery8674 I agree with you"! Sad but the nation's faults aren't being addressed here sadly"!... Curious to your take on what you'd do as cause to change this ? My thoughts, they've shown there colors & shown there behaviors, it's considering the source before you allow it to effect you, yet it is rather disturbing to say the very least honestly, o_0 mean, how would they feel in this circumstances / situations, walking the plank or prisoned for existing is rather lightly politely said fairly so, they dunno what it's like so they wouldn't understand the issues she's going through. I agree honestly / earnestly with you"! It's like they don't understand this is one soul, speaking her life story to state, I don't belong anywhere now, just look at the tear jerker of her emotions it makes me want to comfort her saying please don't cry sweetie, they are just being impossible, you'll be okay. But they can also take that in writing as sarcasms instead of a fatherly concerns to care, guess the world really is truly that sad / mean huh ? Well NON-THE-LESS good to know at least a few select good souls exist out here to be real ladies & gents ! I hope your taking very good care & my gratitude for your kindness to this lady / video & to speak up / state the clear observations most wouldn't address. Sincerely / Respectfully, Paul~.

[@kimmickal]

I hope the update is that she is still living in Great Britain.

[@IFAMILYIH]

DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS STORY????

[@BrianWardPlus]

Stories like this make my blood boil. Absolutely shameful that she’s being treated this way.

[@Ben-xe8ps]

Inaccurate clickbait video titles and whinging arrogant women like this one are what make my blood boil!

[@M_London]

well recently applied and got citizenship after living 8 years in UK. this is very individual story to generalize the situation. all my european friends already got their british passports. the question how come she didn't get citizenship in 55 years? really weird

[@LeeTheKnight]

I worked with an Italian in her exact situation he believed for 45+ years that "immigrant" & "foreigner" only applied to black/brown people & was very shocked to be issued with a letter. He thought the nitty-gritty paper work and documentation was only for people below him. His privilege was well and truly checked. He was a massive racist so I didnt pity him. I do feel sorry for her though.

[@fawziekefli2273]

Because she didn't apply for the first 53 years of that 55 years.

[@christinemuschiato5895]

@@fawziekefli2273 i am here for 23 y and i havn t apply yet

[@kebabtank]

@@christinemuschiato5895 Then this should be your wake-up call.

[@ErsanYolcu]

@@kebabtank +

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Yea, that's a nasty situation. How did she vote on Brexit though?

[@michaelcollins9210]

Wow, what a horrible experience. My great grandmother went through something very similar here in the USA. She was born in Nebraska in 1888 to parents that were both US citizens. However; since the birth wasn’t recorded “properly” she had to go through the naturalization process when she was in her fifties.

[@minskdhaka]

Wow.

[@Maria-tl1lm]

wtf?

[@thedissentingvoice8097]

Politics changes like the wind thats why you can never let your guard down with racists in the establishment and in political circles

[@nw8000]

This is why we left to stop this freeloading crap. And the real racists are those that don't respect the real people of this country such as yourself

[@fckborris9120]

Racebating arsehole the race card has been revoked

[@fckborris9120]

@@nw8000 the like button is not working on your comment lol thumbs up from me lol

[@nw8000]

@@fckborris9120 KZbin does not like the truth my friend

[@fckborris9120]

@@nw8000 HOW right you are lol :-)A normal person lol few and far between lol have a good new year

[@steved6472]

Shocking 🙈I hope you’re ok love !👊❤️

[@KristianKumpula]

I find it rather funny that she was asked "where do you live?" and "why are you coming here?" while I, as someone who has never even been in the UK, correctly guessed that she's from Bristol just by listening to the way she speaks

[@kenneth6102]

So relatable. It is absolutely appalling that the administration has an arrogant idea that everyone in the country tries to take advantage. They would even decline citizens' right to citizens.

[@mogznwaz]

No. You do your fecking paperwork. The system is only looking for that. That's what makes it *fair*.

[@kenneth6102]

@@mogznwaz Point being told is that citizenship is denied after paperwork. The system itself is outdated and full of loopholes.

[@mogznwaz]

@@kenneth6102 Paperwork is important is it not? If she doesn't do it right why should she be given citizenship??

[@kenneth6102]

@@mogznwazI think you're missing the point. The matter highlighted in this video is that government departments have communication problems, making administrative paperwork systems disfunctional. The government has no intention to fix problems as such and it causes problems for the people. She was qualified to receive benefits, her family has been in the country for years, yet the paperwork she can acquire and provide cannot grant her the citizenship. With immigration, there is a number of conditions to fulfil. She has fulfilled those and but the government cannot provide her the legal documents which is required by the immigration process. This highlights the fact that the system needs to improve.

[@mogznwaz]

@@kenneth6102 I get it completely, bureaucracy can always be improved. My objection is her entirely blaming the system and playing the victim when she herself has had a part to play. You say govt bureaucracy is the problem, I say her lack of personal responsibility is the problem. Not to mention a lack of patriotism. I'm British. I feel British. I want a British passport not an Italian one. She was fine with that for 55 years but is now claiming this is her only home and it's an insult not to be granted citizenship on her order. Sorry lady, tough shit.

[@joanweightman2275]

We're drowning in a world of bureaucracy, how devastating.

[@PHlophe]

Joanne, bureaucracy = more money = lawyers etc.. its done on purpose. its like when you are looking for a job . you go thru an agency first and that's more money and jobs for them.

[@Mark-rd1it]

My mother doesn’t want her British citizenship.

[@batphink2655]

My GOVT are a disgrace. I'm a Brit in Canada and after 45 years working my arse off I still cannot vote so I know how you feel love!

[@fordprefect4843]

My uncle was Polish and a member of the RAF flying spitfires in the battle of Britain. Despite this he was denied citizenship until 1980 one year before his death from cancer. Thanks to the UK goverment for showing your appriction to a member of the few 👍

[@Tugela60]

He was fighting as a Pole though, not as a Briton.

[@misterchansey]

Apart from this bizzarre case… I don’t understand how someone could ever wait over 50 years before applying for citizenship. I applied for UK citizenship after 7.5 years, and the whole process from start to finish (citizenship ceremony) took 4 months.

[@admin1815]

He parents brought her here as a toddler. She has been told her whole life she was British until stopped in an airport.

[@bertbrowm4488]

She should have got her British passport a long time ago to avoid this. Why only have your Italian passport, esp after Brexit

[@clothcapkev2088]

Some people dont even know take my sister, she was adopted in germany in 1950 as a baby, germany at the time removed her citizenship when she was brought to England. Years later after 3 kids married for 40 years she found out applying for a passport. However we had a Labour government and she was given citizenship in a few weeks.

[@BernasLL]

​@@bertbrowm4488 How bizzarre that an individual is blamed, but the clearly flawed not-fit-for-purpose process isn't. She's but one in many, we have no control on what she does as an individual, but we should be critical if something in our democracy is clearly not working. Reminds me of how when my girlfriend had to do paper work in the consulate of an african country, they kept blaming her for not having the X or Y stamp or signature, that they themselves failed to provide guidance to. This is 3rd world level of bureaucratic non-sense.

[@darrellmartinez16]

@@clothcapkev2088similar thing happened with a US border patrol officer that was brought here by his parents and was given passport and everything because he’s parents made a fake us birth certificate, and after many years he finds out he is actually Mexican and not us born

[@gerassimos.fourlanos]

These are the feats that only bureaucrats can accomplish. Always putting the chart in front of the horse.

[@scatmann5839]

I don't see the story here. This has happened to lots of Caribbeans from the Windrush generation. If she felt so British, why did she only have an Italian passport? Pre-Brexit, she'd never have remotely needed to prove she's British. But then, the home office jobsworths just have to be complete a-holes!

[@ShoppingwithRina]

Many of my friends don’t think they need to get citizenship here since they are permanent resident but I always advice them to get one we never know what happen in the future. It’s better to be safe

[@amirahabdi]

Just got mine citizenship

[@ifanmorgan8070]

Make sure they carry copies of their PR whenever they travel, and keep any residency visas up to date in their passports. It is their duty to prove they have the right to be in country, not the authorities’ duty to prove they do not.

[@amirahabdi]

@@dolcemaddalena well the sooner you do it the better cus it gets more expensive with time

[@nuriacb7880]

That's what I did, and I have secured my future and my two boys future, we got our citizenship approved in December. A real relief.

[@spiritseeker9531]

Those trying to sink democracies have done a stellar job in Britain, USA, Australia, etc.

[@abyssstrider2547]

Stop electing incompetent and corrupt politicians. That's what always destroys democracies. For example look at ancient Greece and Rome, how their democratic systems fell and same will likely repeat. Yes i know that it's not the same as today but it was very similar, and we could learn so much.

[@triarb5790]

What are you on about?

[@labsareperfect]

Was there ever any more information on this woman’s case?

[@GregorSamsa000]

that's why paperwork is important,

[@marilynalexander5446]

I am British ( living in Melbourne for the last 40 years) I am so sorry that you have been treated this way, I think its disgusting what they have done to you

[@triarb5790]

Fellow multiple decades, ex pom Melburnian 😊 Our Aussie offspring have more rights to British citizenship than this poor woman, it's ludicrous.

[@jimlofts5433]

if you are still a non australian citizen be careful going overseas especially if of pension age - shit happens

[@davidebartoli4104]

I moved from Italy in 2012 and immediately saved money for the future application for the citizenship ...I'm a British citizen and passport thank God just in time before Brexit...my application was straightforward ..I was lucky..I'm really sad to hear all of that this....

[@PHlophe]

Dave, i don't blame ya. Living in Italietta is 100% pure hell. unemployment has been thru the roof since the early 2010s. you saw the signs.

[@Errr717]

Bureaucracy gone amok!

[@Richard.Allsop]

If you can't catch criminals criminalise the ones you can catch!🤬

[@edcorvino8655]

It never ceases to amaze me , the stupidity of government beaurocracy . When some has lived there for 55 years , peacefully, making a living supporting themselves, being a good citizen by example ,leading a good and honest life what more can you ask for to be accepted for citizenship?

[@edcorvino8655]

@@thetruth9210 to get a British passport you have to be a British citizen.

[@JJS_11]

Took her 55 years to realise that she needs to apply for permanent residence like everyone else. Get your paperwork done

[@RED-my9hl]

@@JJS_11 so? when ur waiting even more it gives u an even bigger reason to get accepted be so fr u dummy

[@NM-ty3yi]

@@JJS_11 FYI, there was no need to apply for permanent residence in the UK if you were a European citizen before Brexit - only after Brexit European citizens had to apply for the "Settled Status". Are you maybe thinking about the permanent residence/Indefinite Leave to Remain for non EU citizens and getting confused?

[@NM-ty3yi]

@@JamMan258 Except she didn't "illegally" moved to the UK - why are you unfairly comparing her situation to someone moving illegally to another country? If she had been an illegal citizen she wouldn't have been able to work and pay taxes in the UK.

[@djburland]

The crazy Uk system! You were probably be denied by a home office worker who has been here 5 years!

[@chrism2966]

Anyone who has had to live in the UK for such a long time deserves to stay, as they have already suffered enough.

[@michellenugent216]

Please get a lawyer involved: there are many cases like this affecting those who were absent from the workforce due to caring responsibilities. Is this lady on the electoral register? Are there any other records (e.g. census?) which might still be available to show residence?

[@sagnikganguly4651]

Their Home Secretary should be removed immediately!