A woman who has lived in Manchester for four years and runs a business from Afflecks' Palace could be forced to leave the country, in an 'awful' visa mix-up.
Erin Taylor-Thomas, 26, moved to the UK seven years ago. She married husband Ethan in 2020 and they built a life here running a thriving thrift shop (Beg, Steal and Borrow) inside Afflecks Palace.
The business is so successful that she was planning to open a second Withington branch. But tragically she missed the expiry of her visa in February, and despite having spent nearly £7,000 applying twice for a new one, the Home Office have refused, recommending she return to a country she hasn’t called home since she was 19.
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