Couple to be reunited after 13 months of separation caused by a visa mix up

Back in July of 2007 a Malaysian citizen named Howard Lee was set to return home to his wife in England using a spousal visa but the application was rejected.  After 13 months of separation the couple may be reunited shortly.

A judge ruled in favor of the couple a few months ago and the last few bits of legal obstacles are being overcome.  If all goes according to plan he could have the vital stamp in his passport and be home in England within a few weeks.

Lee claims the Home Office in Britain lost his passport which resulted in the denial of his visa.  The Home Office accepted responsibility for the lost passport but claims that was not the ultimate reason his visa was rejected.

Lee had been living in England since 1995.  He filed an application for British Naturalization but it was rejected in 2002. 

Howard Lee said of the events that "I have finally been asked to hand my passport in. If all goes well it should all be sorted and stamped within the week.  Once I have got my visa it should take me no more than two weeks to be on a flight back to England.
I do not really know how I am feeling at the moment. One thing I have learned over the past 13 months is that everything can go wrong at the 11th hour so I do not want to get excited until I have my passport back with the stamp in it.  The light is at the end of the tunnel though and I cannot wait to be back in Norwich. It will be a fresh start and things are going to be great."

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