‘The Home Office is forcing me to leave the UK and a job I love to go to a country I’ve never called home’
When a British Airways Cabin crew members told him to move to a country he said he had never lived, he had to leave his dream career eight years after he came to England.
Shady El Farra, a 28 -year -old Egyptian citizen, who has its primary language in English, came to England in 2016 to study and grew up between the US and Saudi Arabia because of their parents’ academicians.
In 2021, a two -year graduate visa was issued and started career as a member of the Cabin crew at British Airways. But he had to quit the job After the application of a special life visa that allowed people to remain on their strong personal ties with the UK, he was rejected by the Ministry of Interior in November 2024.
Ministry of Interior officials, Mr. El Farra should be integrated into life in Egypt, he said. Although he explained that he left the country shortly after he was born to the 28 -year -old child and that he had never lived there as an adult. The country also requires compulsory military service for everyone under 30 years of age.
The first decision to reject, Mr. El Farra told Mr Farra that although his practice has nothing to do with that country, he could fully support yourself in India ”.
He said Independent: “I worked in the UK, I studied in the UK, and now it is said that there is no expectation of a future here.”
Talking about the refusal of the visa, “As if a robot has written.
“He did not work for two years, he was not in the sky. He was very challenging mentally. During the whole process, they did not try to examine or think about the obstacles I would have if I was sent to Egypt.
Orum I barely speak the language, I don’t have a family and there is consultation in Egypt ”.
Mr. El Farra rely on the support of his family, but he is afraid that he cannot pay rent in his apartment in London soon. He cannot claim a public fund for immigration status.
Mr. El Farra had to deliver his passport when he first applied for a private life visa in September 2023, so he could not fly internationally. BA allowed him to work on internal flights, but he moved to work as a staff instructor while waiting for the visa decision. He took his rejection in November 2024 and had to quit his favorite work.
“There was a future in British Airways,” he said. “I will be a senior instructor and they raised it … What is it for me to sit here for me to contribute to anything?”
Later on, the decision appealed to the Immigration Court, and now the court was now allowed to look for a job.
International students have been one of the main driving forces of net migration in recent years, along with people who have come to work on Ukrainian refugees and health and social care visas.
Since Brexit, there has been more international students in the UK after the work was concluded, and the workers’ government has recently brought measures to restrict it-to shorten the postgraduate visa from two years to 18 months.
Mr El Farra would receive at least £ 41,700 to sponsor a talented worker visa to stay in the UK, although it was undergoing training and safety checks to work as a cabin team.
Referring to the first mistake in the letter of the Ministry of Interior, he said: “Rejection, he said that I should go back to India, which does not make sense.
The rejection of the Interior Office was approved in the examination and Mr. El Farra is now waiting for him to take his case into consideration.
His father, who is a professor of hospitality in Saudi Arabia. Ehab El Farra said that his son loved England and that the family was “confused by the first home office intervention.
“The UK should take talented people, use them and keep them in the system. We have many nations in the past, and this is one of the reasons why America is very prosperous.
“He fights to stay in the UK because he loves Britain and wants to make a good life there”.
His mother Molly added that an academician added: “It is a great puzzle for us. He is not allowed to live in Saudi Arabia unless there is a student or worker here. We cannot live with us because he is older than 18 years old. We are in this vicious circle”.
A home office spokesman said: “Our policy for a long time not to comment on individual cases.”
British Airways were contacted for a comment.
