{"id":16732,"date":"2024-05-16T19:47:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=16732"},"modified":"2024-05-16T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:47:48","slug":"74-year-old-retiree-told-he-is-not-british-after-42-years-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/74-year-old-retiree-told-he-is-not-british-after-42-years-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"74-year-old retiree told he is not British after 42 years in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years must wait a decade before the Home Office will let him stay permanently.<\/p>\n
Nelson Shardey, from Wallasey in Wirral, had for many years assumed he was officially seen as British.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He only discovered otherwise in 2019 and, despite paying taxes all his adult life, now faces paying thousands of pounds to stay and use the NHS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Home Office declined to comment on the ongoing legal case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Retired newsagent Mr Shardey first came to the UK in 1977 to study accountancy, on a student visa that also allowed him to work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n