Assume it is okay to quote from the full findings?
73. Marion informed all her known friends and family that she intended to depart Australia by herself and travel to England for a working holiday. [...] She told family and friends that she intended to seek work in England as a teacher for around 6–12 months and then return to Australia to resume work as a teacher.
I have always found it hard to believe that Marion thought this was feasible as a visitor to the UK, unless persuaded behind the scenes by an expert in visa and immigration fraud that "it'll be fine". She was an Australian citizen with no dual EU citizenship; she had no employer in place to sponsor a UK work permit; she was too old for a working holiday visa anyway, despite what she said (max age 30); and even if she had the required UK-born grandparent for a UK Ancestry visa she does not appear to have applied for one. She could however live and work anywhere in the European Union (including the UK and Luxembourg) as the spouse of an EU national. Seems to me she was persuaded of that, or just blinded by the combo of his bluster and her romantic delusion.
73. Marion informed all her known friends and family that she intended to depart Australia by herself and travel to England for a working holiday. [...] She told family and friends that she intended to seek work in England as a teacher for around 6–12 months and then return to Australia to resume work as a teacher.
I have always found it hard to believe that Marion thought this was feasible as a visitor to the UK, unless persuaded behind the scenes by an expert in visa and immigration fraud that "it'll be fine". She was an Australian citizen with no dual EU citizenship; she had no employer in place to sponsor a UK work permit; she was too old for a working holiday visa anyway, despite what she said (max age 30); and even if she had the required UK-born grandparent for a UK Ancestry visa she does not appear to have applied for one. She could however live and work anywhere in the European Union (including the UK and Luxembourg) as the spouse of an EU national. Seems to me she was persuaded of that, or just blinded by the combo of his bluster and her romantic delusion.
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