PETALING JAYA - Mohammed Fazdil Min Bahari is in a pickle. He faces the prospect of being deported home to Malaysia because his passport has a photograph that does not match how he looks today.

Mohammed Fazdil is a transsexual married to a Briton.

British authorities have rejected his Leave To Remain visa because of the issue.

The Sun daily of London said Mohammed Fazdil or Fatine, as he is now known, was told to go back to Malaysia after his second application was rejected in September as his visitor visa had expired.

Upset, of course

The husband, Ian Young of Derby, said he could not accept the reasons given for each refusal of the applications.

“Our local MP even got in touch with the Home Office but they won’t budge. They say Fatine has to return to Malaysia, which is something we wouldn’t be able to do as a couple. Over there, we would face imprisonment just for living together,” The Sun quoted Young, 30, as saying.

“We feel desperate. Our options are quickly running out. Fatine can re-apply from Malaysia but who knows how long that would take, or if it would even be accepted,” said Young, who registered his marriage with Fatine as a civil partnership.

Standing firm

Head of Immigration for the UK Border Agency Matthew Coats had said: "This applicant entered the UK as a visitor. The rules are clear that a visitor must leave the UK within six months but may reapply for a new visa from their country of origin."

Young, a property maintenance company proprietor, met Fatine, 36, when he was working in Malaysia in 2006.

It's called L-O-V-E

On his unusual relationship, Young once said it did not matter that his make-up artist partner was a transsexual.

"It’s the person she is inside that I care about and love. I can’t contemplate the idea of us not being together.

“I look at her and see a beautiful woman.”