Bermudian law student who complained she was treated like a "third-class citizen for the umpteenth time'' by British immigration officers.

Ms Janet Davis had written to him telling of the shoddy treatment she received at the hands of the officers. She sent The Royal Gazette a copy of the letter this week.

Ms Davis claimed she was denied entry and treated with "rudeness and contempt'' in early January when she returned to Britain.

"My entry certificate was in order, duly signed and stamped in Bermuda,'' she said. "And might I remind that under British law it was clearly obvious that I was returning to continue legal studies -- as my passport (property of the British Government) attests to by my previous visas.'' Despite everything being in order, she said the Immigration officer who dealt with her "clearly showed a complete lack of knowledge as to the requirements I had to go through in order to obtain my entry certificate and he was not even aware of the fact that my and every other Bermudians' entry certificate is authorised under British law''.

Ms Davis claimed she was not the only the student to have been hassled and "treated like a common criminal'' by immigration officers.

She wrote: "Your Excellency, I am writing to you because by now you must have a similar framework of reference, obviously being allowed to immigrate freely to Bermuda, with apparently no hassles, unlike myself and hundreds of other students from Bermuda who have to deal with this nonsense every time we enter the United Kingdom.'' Lord Waddington's aide-de-camp Capt. Edward Lamb said yesterday the Governor was taking the matter up with British Immigration and had written to Ms Davis in London to inform her of his actions.