Together, 2 years ago in Indonesia - Myself & wife with our son & daughter A WORKING dad has been unable to hug his wife and children for 10 months because immigration bosses say he does not earn enough money. Ralph Leadbetter has told how his young family have been ‘torn apart’ by a law that has left his loved-ones living 8,000 miles away. The only contact the Sidmouth hotel supervisor has with his Indonesian wife of six-and-a-half years, Ervina, and children Harry, five, and Malika, two, is a weekly phone call. He recently bought a three-bedroom ‘dream home’ in Church Street, Sidford, but they cannot enjoy it with him because he does not make £18,600-a-year. “The house should be filled with life and children shouting and Evi calling from the kitchen,” said Ralph. “I don’t want to raise them by Skype. The 45-year-old even made a personal plea to Prime Minister David Cameron – only to receive a reply from the Home Office saying Ervina would be a ‘burden on the tax payer’. ‘I’ve not seen my wife and kids for 10 months’ - News - Sidmouth Herald We even have a guy from my home town who is struggling to keep his wife there,I think she is now there but only temp visa. Maybe we have to help some of these migrants but they shouldn't forget their own people. Same for me though,the kid can go anytime on a Brit passport bit the wife stays here.
Yeah maybe, But it would a burden Married to a True Blue Brit not some scrounger. The man has paid his dues now let him have a life with his wife. JP