Alert! Graphic artist Nikhil Singh has been locked out of the United Kingdom, following that country’s new raft of travel restrictions – and thus will be missing the London launch of the book he illustrated, Salem Brownstone. A sorry but not wholly unexpected tale for these our modern times:
Comic artist Nikhil Singh, illustrator of the acclaimed Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers recently published by Walker Books, has now been held in South Africa for five months, unable to return to the UK even to attend his own book launch, due to being 'underqualified'.
Although Singh, who was born in South Africa, has been a resident of Hampstead, London for three years, the British Home Office has made the decision not to renew any Artists’ Visas. This means that international artists whose visas have expired must now reapply for a Tier One Highly Skilled Worker Visa, which cannot be obtained without a degree or similar proof of tertiary education.
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