Revealed: Nanny Got Her Visa in 19 Days ; Exclusive: Bombshell in the Blunkett Affair

Daily Mail › December 01, 2004

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DAVID Blunkett faces new questions today with the revelation that an application for UK residency by his lover's Filipina nanny was mysteriously speeded up.

Kimberly Quinn has accused the Home Secretary of 'fast tracking' the visa application and he admits taking papers on her case to his office to be inspected by two senior civil servants.

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Revealed: Nanny Got Her Visa in 19 Days ; Exclusive: Bombshell in the Blunkett Affair

He has categorically denied intervening in any way or putting pressure on officials processing the application.

However, the Mail can reveal that the nanny, Leoncia 'Luz' Casalme, was at first informed by the Home Office that the application could take up to a year to process. Yet the visa guaranteeing her permanent residency w...

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