Strictly’s Neil Jones’s new girlfriend reported as an illegal immigrant – by her ex
STRICTLY star Neil Jones’s new girlfriend has been reported as an illegal immigrant — by her ex.
Luisa Eusse, 23, arrived in the UK on a “fiancée visa”, expecting to marry Hannah Smith, aka superstar DJ Hannah Wants, 34.
But they split in July, weeks before Colombian dancer Luisa got together with ballroom champ Neil, 38.
Luisa was financially dependent on Hannah and the change of circumstance invalidated the visa. Hannah informed the Home Office last month.
A source said: “Neil and Luisa seem really happy together. But underneath it all there has been this mess.
“Hannah is unsure whether Luisa really came over here planning to marry or just used her.
“She is angry, and a bit bemused that Luisa is in such a high-profile relationship so soon after they split.”
The Sun told last month how Neil had found new love after his marriage to Strictly pro Katya Jones failed following her public snog with comedian Seann Walsh in 2018.
Neil admitted in a chat with fans in mid-August that he was seeing someone without revealing it was Luisa.
In an interview in Colombia, Luisa said it was “love at first sight” and that she had already split from Hannah.
A source added: “Luisa was already in the country when she met Neil.
“Hannah thought Luisa was going to extend the fiancée visa, because they were talking to register offices about a wedding. Then as quick as a flash the romance was over.
“So Hannah did the responsible thing and spoke to the Home Office.
“She thought Luisa would have to leave and apply for a new visa.”
In a further twist, Luisa now says she has a student visa — even though it is usually necessary to leave the UK to make the application.
It is not known if she got permission to switch visas without leaving.
The source said: “Luisa never mentioned applying to do a course, or apply for a student visa.
“Hannah also told people that Luisa has previous visa problems in Spain, from when she worked in Ibiza.”
Luisa, who has a daughter in Colombia, applied for the fiancée visa in February. It expired last month.
It can be extended only if you can prove you are set to marry your partner within the next six months.
Today a former lover of Luisa issued a warning to Neil. They said: “Her new relationship probably isn’t a perfect love story, in my opinion.
“People who know her wonder if Luisa came to the UK deceitfully.
“She probably should have left because she did not get married and now it looks like she used Hannah to get into the UK.
“You wonder whether she has planned this and will do something similar with Neil.”
Neil’s spokesman said: “Luisa is not here illegally. She’s studying here.”
They declined to say where Luisa was studying or when that visa was granted.
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A video posted on Luisa’s Instagram on Friday showed her in a car with Neil as he sang, ‘I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now’ from Oasis track Wonderwall.
In a post two weeks ago, they are seen embracing in a forest, with Luisa writing: “Love u husband.”
Neil has been demoted to backing dancer for the new series of Strictly which starts next month.
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