She's married, runs a shop in Afflecks and is happier in Manchester than she ever has been - but is being told to leave

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Erin Taylor-Thomas is losing her American accent. There is still a flavour of her Tennessee drawl there, but alongside it is a decidedly English - even northern - lilt fighting to be heard.

That’s because Erin hasn’t lived in the US for more than seven years. In the intervening years, she’s settled down in Withington with British husband Ethan, and started a successful business inside Affleck’s Palace. READ MORE: ‘I’ve spent seven years here, got married and built a business - now I could lose it all’ Meeting her in person at her riotously colourful thrift shop, Beg, Steal and Borrow, she is as friendly and bubbly as her decor is bright.

But even her cheerful demeanour dampens when discussing the news she had just received – that her visa had been denied by the Home Office, after seven years in the UK.

Last week, the Manchester Evening News reported on Erin’s situation. Upon discovering that her spousal visa had expired in April of this year, she immediately applied for a new type of residency – only to discover that she had applied for the wrong type.