AN Australian family fighting deportation from the UK are to give evidence to a committee of MPs.
Members of the Home Affairs Select Committee will hear from Kathryn and Gregg Brain, who moved to Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands with their son Lachlan, now seven, in 2011.
The family's campaign to remain in the country following the withdrawal of the post-study work visa has made headlines around the world.
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire is also expected to give evidence to MPs.
Mandie Campbell, director-general of the Immigration Enforcement Directorate, and Mike Wells, UK Visas and Immigration chief operation officer, are also on the list of witnesses.
A day before they were due to be deported on May 31, Mr Brokenshire gave the Brain family leave to remain in the country until August, but they are not allowed to work.
Mr Brain and his son came to Scotland as dependants of Mrs Brain, who was on a student visa at a time when a two-year post-study visa was in existence - but it was later abolished.
They hoped a job offer made to Mrs Brain by GlenWyvis distillery in Dingwall would meet visa requirements and allow them to stay.
The family gave evidence on their experience of the immigration system to the Scottish Affairs Committee on the Isle of Skye last week.
After the meeting, Mr Brain called on Justice Secretary Michael Gove to allow his family to stay in the UK, as he had sympathised with their case before the EU referendum.
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