David MacIsaac, who was being threatened with deportation from Scotland, and his wife Susan McKay. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer
The Home Workplace has performed a uncommon U-turn by withdrawing its risk to deport a well-liked Dumfriesshire principal college headteacher.
David MacIsaac, an American who has worked in Scotland for almost a decade, had utilized for depart to continue to be in the Uk indefinitely. In September he was stunned to be informed by the Home Office that it was sending him back to the US and regarded as his four-yr marriage to a Scottish artist a sham.
The Property Office’s determination to back down came two weeks following the Observer highlighted the plight of MacIsaac, whose wife, Susan, has cancer and is due to begin a program of treatment subsequent week. He said: “I am grateful for the Observer’s welcome intervention and for the way they taken care of my story.”
Joan McAlpine, the neighborhood member of the Scottish parliament, said: “I doubt if we would be where we are right now if it wasn’t for the Observer. I’m glad typical sense has prevailed.”
A exclusive framework has now been agreed amongst MacIsaac’s attorney and Home Workplace officials that will permit a fresh application for permanent residency to proceed.
Even though immigration is a matter reserved completely to Westminster below the devolution settlement, Scotland is desperate for skilled headteachers to operate in its remote and rural communities.
The House Office’s initial refusal had threatened to escalate into an unprecedented diplomatic, cross-border incident among Westminster and Holyrood. Following the publication of MacIsaac’s story, Scotland’s training minister, Michael Russell, met the couple at Holyrood and expressed his anger at the way they had been handled.
Following that meeting he said: “The determination to deport Mr MacIsaac runs counter to the interests of learners in Scotland and counter to the interests of Scotland itself.”
Home Office drops threat to deport US teacher
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