Soaad Al Shawa, a Syrian grandmother with terminal liver cancer, has been granted permission to visit her family in the UK after a Home Office reversal. Originally barred from traveling, which broke her daughter Ola Al Hamwi's heart, the family had appealed and won their case in April. They were devastated by an attempt for further appeal but received good news this week when the Home Office decided to expedite her visa. Al Shawa longs to meet her grandchildren whom she has only known through video calls, and preparations are underway for her imminent travel from Jordan to the UK.
“My mum really perked up when she heard the news and started to eat more,” said Al Hamwi. “All she wants to do before she dies is to see us and the kids.”
The family were overjoyed and relayed the news to Al Shawa, who began to make preparations to come to the UK.
But now the Home Office has told the family's lawyer it is withdrawing its application, that the grandmother can come to the UK.
The family appealed, and a judge in the first-tier tribunal of the immigration court agreed in April.
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