this is shreyas royal. he may be only nine, but he's ranked fourth in his age group in the world.e greatest chess prospect in a generation. he only started playing chess three years ago, and was told he would have to return to india with his family, unless his dad could get his work visa renewed by next month, and immigration rules state that that can only happen if he earns £120,000 a year — which he doesn't. he grew up here and when we heard that, it's really sad for us and surprising for us. his dad, jitendra, appealed to the home office who they told him that, while, yes, his son showed immense promise, it did not mean the family could stay in the uk. two mps have backed shreyas' case. in a joint letter to the home secretary, leeds west mp rachel reeves and greenwich and woolwich mp matthew pennycook said: "he performs outstandingly in adult competitions, breaking uk records in the process. if shreyas royal is forced to leave the uk and return to india, the country will lose an exceptional talent." the home secretary personally looked in to the royal's case and has extended th

this is shreyas royal. he may be only nine, but he is ranked fourth in his age group in the world. the greatest chess prospect in a generation. he only started playing chess three years ago, but was told he would have to return to india with his family, unless his dad could get his work visas renewed by next month. an immigration rule states that that can only happen if he earns £120,000 a year. which he doesn't. he grew up here and when we heard that, it is really sad for us and surprising for us. his dad appealed to the home office and they told him that, yes, while his son has showed immense promise, it did not mean that the family could stay in the uk. two mps have backed shreyas's case. in a joint letter to the home secretary, leeds west mp rachel reeves and greenwich and woolwich mp matthew pencook said, he performed outstandingly in adult competitions, breaking uk records in the process. if shreyas royal is forced to leave the uk and return to india, the country will lose an exceptional talent. the home secretary personally looked in to the royals case and extended their rig

this is shreyas royal. he may be only nine, but he's ranked fourth in his age group in the world.spect in a generation. he only started playing chess three years ago, and was told he would have to return to india with his family, unless his dad could get his work visa renewed by next month, and immigration rules state that that can only happen if he earns £120,000 a year — which he doesn't. he grew up here and when we heard that, it's really sad for us and surprising for us. his dad, jitendra, appealed to the home office who they told him that, while, yes, his son showed immense promise, it did not mean the family could stay in the uk. two mps have backed shreyas' case. in a joint letter to the home secretary, leeds west mp rachel reeves and greenwich and woolwich mp matthew pennycook said: the home secretary personally looked in to the royal's case and has extended their right to remain on their current visa. how did you react when you heard that you had been given leave to extend your current visa? iwasjumping here and there and dancing. i almost trashed the room, so i was reall

shreyas royal has represented england in chess championships and isrt ranked f in the world for his age. e u.k. office said he would have to leave in a week unless his father gets the approximately $150,000 a year needed. >> this isas shr royal. he maybe only 9 but he's rand fourth in his ageor in the. he's a chess medalist. he only started playing chess three year a but was told he'd have to return to india with his family unless his dad could get his work visa renewed by next month. this could only happen if he earns 120,000 points each year and he didn't. hisad appealed to the home office.d he s while yes, his shown immense problem, it did not mean the family culed stay in the u.k. m.p.s have tried to help. one said -- he performs outstandingly there competitions, breaking records in the process. if royal is forced to leave the up k. and turn to india, the country will lose an exceptional >> the home security looked into the case andd s he can remain on his currents visa. >> how did youeact when you said you were given permission to stay on your current visa? >> i was jumping up and

shreyas royal has represented england in international chess championships and is ranked four in the 00 a year. but today the home secretary sajid javid said he had taken personal charge of their case. our correspondent chi chi izundu has been to meet the family. this, he is only nine but he is ranked fourth in his age group. he isa ranked fourth in his age group. he is a silver medallist and according to old former chess grandmaster, the greatest chess prospect in a generation. he only started playing chess three years ago but told he would have to turn to india with his family unless his dad could get his work visa renewed by next month. immigration rules state that can only happen if he earns £120,000 per year. which he does not. he grew up here and when he heard that, it is very sad for us and surprising for us. very sad for us and surprising for us. his dad appeals to the home office saying yes his son has shown immense promise, it did not mean this family could stay in the uk. mps have backed the case and with a letter to the home secretary, they said he performs outstandingly i