Despite having a British passport and living in the nation for 22 years, a mother has been informed that she may be deported. Two weeks ago, Amika Brown, 41, got a "traumatising" letter from the Home Office threatening to revoke her British citizenship due to suspected identity fraud.

The mother-of-three may be "removed" from the UK and returned to her native Jamaica, according to a government letter claiming she obtained her citizenship under false pretenses. However, Mrs. Brown claims that the officials are the ones who mistook her identity because they placed the wrong birthdate and surname on the letter.

However, despite sending proof of who she is, Mrs Brown is yet to receive a reply from the Home Office - leaving her terrified that she could be "ripped away from [her] family in the middle of the night".

Mrs Brown said: "This has been absolutely traumatising. I am so stressed. I am terrified I am going to be ripped away from my family in the middle of the night. They are claiming that my identity is false - but I have all this proof of who I am."

Mrs Brown has sent the Home Office her birth certificate to confirm her name and the fact that she was born in 1982, as opposed to 1979, which the letter from the Home Office claims. She has also sent officials her brother's birth certificate which shows he was born in 1979. This, she says, "proves" that they have her date of birth wrong - as both she and her sibling could not have been born within three months of each other from the same mother.

Mrs Brown continued: "What was so upsetting is it wasn't even a question of asking me to prove my identity. They accused me of fraud straight away. I am so anxious because I have seen people get wrongly deported before."

The mother-of-three is particularly worried about the potential impacts on her career - as she works as an accountant and is currently on the path to becoming chartered.

She said: "You can't be an accountant if there's anything linking you to fraud. So that would be my whole career messed up."

Mrs Brown moved from Jamaica to the UK in 2002 at the age of 19. She initially arrived on a Visitor's Visa - but soon married and became 'legalised' in 2009. She was later given 'Indefinite Leave To Remain' before being granted settled status in 2015. In 2019, Mrs Brown divorced and remarried - and successfully became a British citizen. She received her British passport the same year. She estimates that the entire process cost her £10,000 in fees.

Mrs Brown said: "I just want to be able to talk to someone - but there is no direct phone number and my letters have had no response. It's affecting my whole family. Everyone is worried. My eldest daughter in particular is concerned - as if I get deported they'll send her too. Having someone question my identity like this has just been so horrible. I don't know what I'll do. I've been here for most of my life. I've been to university and I've got a career. I've never been in any trouble. I just want them to see that I am who I say I am."

The Home Office said the case is still live and being looked into.

A spokesperson added: “It is our longstanding position that we do not comment on individual cases.”