An Indian man and his family who faced deportation because his bank balance had fallen £78 below the required £800 needed to be allowed to stay in Scotland.
An Indian man and his family who faced deportation because his bank balance had fallen £78 below the required £800 needed to be allowed to stay in Scotland.
Swarthick Salins' application for leave to stay in the UK was originally rejected by a judge at an asylum and immigration tribunal in Glasgow after his bank balance fell below the minimum level set by the Border Agency.
But immigration officials have now approved a fresh application, meaning the he can remain in the UK with his wife and children.
Mr Salins, 37, has lived in Scotland for nine years and studied for a PhD at St Andrews University. His three children were all born in Scotland.
Mr Salins' case was backed by First Minister, Alex Salmond, who wrote to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith urging her to intervene.
