Frog, how is my suggestion far-fetched? Look what it says in Marhaba, "All residents, except wives and dependent children under the sponsorship of their husband or father, require an exit visa from their sponsor to leave the country."

Would it not be better expressed as, "All residents, except spouses and dependent children under the sponsorship of their partner or parent, require an exit visa from their sponsor to leave the country."?

If the jobsworth in immigration is sticking rigidly to the first statement, then of course Nigel and others like him are going to have problems. I'm not trying to make Nigel more angry; he has my sympathy and in his position, I'd want to get out and stay out too.