Born and raised in the UK, I thought I was a citizen – now I might be deported

‘Your application has been rejected as invalid’.

On 12 December last year, I was devastated to receive an email informing me that my settled status application had been denied.

The reason the Home Office gave was that the deadline had passed and I lacked sufficient evidence to justify the reason for applying late.

But the thing is, I had no idea my status was even in question until...