The Home Office reversed their decision and the Zielsdorfs are staying in Laggan. We did it. Thank you for never giving up on this family.
December 28, 2016
Final supporters
A Canadian family’s been given ‘til June to pack up all their belongings and leave the Highlands, after immigration officials cancelled their visa.
Jason and Christy Zielsdorf arrived in Scotland in 2008 on an entrepreneurial visa and set up home with their five children in Laggan, opening the area’s only store.
Over the past two years they’ve invested more than £200,000 of their own cash to build up the business, but are now being forced to sell it as their request for a visa extension was refused.
The Home Office claim the Zielsdorf family missed the deadline to apply and have now breached the terms of their current visa and are now classed as ‘overstayers’.
Jason Zielsdorf says it’s been an emotional few months for the family as they try to sell their family business and work out what do to next:
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Reached 2,500 supporters
October 24, 2016
Reached 1,000 supporters
October 22, 2016
August 14, 2016
The Home Office remains silent despite the mounting pressure. We are currently scouting legal avenues to challenge this decision.
Reached 100 supporters
June 6, 2016
1,609 Comments
These are exactly the hard working, community supporting families that the UK needs - they need to have indefinite permission to stay and continue to run their business and play their valuable roles as members of this small Scottish community
The behaviour of our British Government is beyond shameful. Scotland needs families like the Zielsdorfs whom I had the privilege to meet when in their Lagan store and they should be free to continue living in our country without further threats.
This is where bureaucracy fails the people. No intelligence has been applied here, no understanding that small business does not work like big business. What's great about a Britain that treats folk this way? Grow up and let them carry on their enterprise.
They mustn't go from Laggan - a wee village shop and the only one for miles around and I mean miles!! The village needs them and look what an asset they are to the community as well as Scotland in wider circles. THEY MUST STAY - THEY NEED TO STAY.
It is outrageous that a decent hard-working family that contributes directly to their community and takes nothing from the country should be facing deportation on a technicality. It is a betrayal of an entire community leaving everyone a loser.
People that are investing in the country and community and you want to throw them away? Yet thousands take and take and you let them stay. Wake up. Let this family stay
This is the sort of family Scotland needs. Hard working and contributing to society in a positive way. Please see sense and get it sorted.
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The Home Office reversed their decision and the Zielsdorfs are staying in Laggan. We did it. Thank you for never giving up on this family.
December 28, 2016
Final supporters
A Canadian family’s been given ‘til June to pack up all their belongings and leave the Highlands, after immigration officials cancelled their visa.
Jason and Christy Zielsdorf arrived in Scotland in 2008 on an entrepreneurial visa and set up home with their five children in Laggan, opening the area’s only store.
Over the past two years they’ve invested more than £200,000 of their own cash to build up the business, but are now being forced to sell it as their request for a visa extension was refused.
The Home Office claim the Zielsdorf family missed the deadline to apply and have now breached the terms of their current visa and are now classed as ‘overstayers’.
Jason Zielsdorf says it’s been an emotional few months for the family as they try to sell their family business and work out what do to next:
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
October 24, 2016
Reached 1,000 supporters
October 22, 2016
August 14, 2016
The Home Office remains silent despite the mounting pressure. We are currently scouting legal avenues to challenge this decision.
Reached 100 supporters
June 6, 2016
1,609 Comments
As a formerly proud British European (and 1/4 Scots) I am truly horrified that a family who have palpably invested such time, energy, funding and love into their community are being treated with such inappropriate, inflexible and heavy-handed contempt.
These are exactly the hard working, community supporting families that the UK needs - they need to have indefinite permission to stay and continue to run their business and play their valuable roles as members of this small Scottish community
The behaviour of our British Government is beyond shameful. Scotland needs families like the Zielsdorfs whom I had the privilege to meet when in their Lagan store and they should be free to continue living in our country without further threats.
This is where bureaucracy fails the people. No intelligence has been applied here, no understanding that small business does not work like big business. What's great about a Britain that treats folk this way? Grow up and let them carry on their enterprise.
They mustn't go from Laggan - a wee village shop and the only one for miles around and I mean miles!! The village needs them and look what an asset they are to the community as well as Scotland in wider circles. THEY MUST STAY - THEY NEED TO STAY.
It is outrageous that a decent hard-working family that contributes directly to their community and takes nothing from the country should be facing deportation on a technicality. It is a betrayal of an entire community leaving everyone a loser.
People that are investing in the country and community and you want to throw them away? Yet thousands take and take and you let them stay. Wake up. Let this family stay
This is the sort of family Scotland needs. Hard working and contributing to society in a positive way. Please see sense and get it sorted.
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As a formerly proud British European (and 1/4 Scots) I am truly horrified that a family who have palpably invested such time, energy, funding and love into their community are being treated with such inappropriate, inflexible and heavy-handed contempt.