# Home Office cites India in refusal of blind Nigerian woman’s settlement bid

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/uk-tells-blind-nigerian-pensioner-to-go-home-to-india/
- Published: 2026-11-14T06:00:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T06:19:12+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/14/uk-tells-blind-nigerian-pensioner-to-go-home-to-india
- Topics: Africa, Asia, UK, World

## Key points

- A blind Nigerian pensioner was told she could return to India, which she has never visited.
- New rules may leave her renewing her visa for 20 more years.
- The Home Office says it is correcting the refusal letter.

## Summary

Comfort, a 67-year-old blind Nigerian woman who has lived in the UK for 26 years, was refused an early grant of indefinite leave to remain. The Home Office’s refusal letter referred to her returning to Nigeria, then said her circumstances did not justify settlement because treatment was available in India, a country she says she has never visited.

Under the new settlement rules, Comfort may have to renew her visa for another 20 years before she can apply for indefinite leave to remain. Her lawyers sought an exception because of her age and disability; the Home Office said it was taking corrective action to issue an updated letter. Migrants’ rights groups warn that longer waiting periods could affect older applicants, including a 103-year-old Pakistani woman who, according to disclosed Home Office data, would not qualify until age 123.

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