[2025] UKUT 00349 (IAC)

On 20 March 2023, the respondent wrote to Mrs Mujaj to inform her that she was considering depriving her of her citizenship. With the exception of the biographical details, the letter was identical to the one that had been sent to her husband in October 2022. Mrs Mujaj replied directly, using her eldest child’s Hotmail account. She admitted the fraud but she claimed that it was her parents who had “registered me under age and from a different place as they believed this would be the best way”. She mentioned that her husband “has also gone through the same thing and been given a 5 year validity passport until his case is resolved”. As to her personal and family circumstances, she wrote:

“I am a hard working individual who has been in the UK for over 22 years […] we are family individuals who work hard and maintain the family life. I work as a career [sic] for a visually impaired woman and as a company secretary/admin for my husband[‘]s transportation company. We have 4 children, 2 in education, 1 in higher education and the other as a legal paralegal. I’m requesting for me to be given the same chance to apply for a 5 year valid passport until our cases get resolved completely as this job requires leaving the country in order to look after our families financially especially during this rough financial period.”

She attached her family’s identity documents.

On 15 June 2023, the respondent wrote to Mrs Mujaj to inform her of the decision to deprive her of her citizenship, the reasons for the decision, and her right of appeal. Mrs Mujaj also appealed.