Unbelievable!

A 65-year-old woman, who has lived in this country since she was 6 months old, married and brought up a family here, has now been told that she is an illegal alien.  All this because she was actually born in Canada, and has never applied (nor it would seem up until now, had any reason to apply) for British citizenship. She has now been threatened with deportation unless she does so.  That in itself would be bad enough, but just to put the icing on the cake, she has to pay £840 for the privilege.  She has described the situation as "absolutely stupid, ridiculous".  Frankly, I feel she is showing admirable restraint - I would use far far stronger language.  Surely someone in authority ought to be able to sort this out.  It reflects very poorly on us as a nation.