An Australian family living in Scotland are to meet with lawyers about a job offer they hope will save them from deportation.

Gregg and Kathryn Brain need to find a job which satisfies Home Office visa requirements so they can remain in the UK.

A previous job offer the family hoped would provide a solution fell through but they now hope a meeting with lawyers in Glasgow will confirm a second job offer enabling them to stay.

Mr Brain said: "We're hoping to establish that we do have an offer that meets the requirements and then we can submit an application to the Home Office."

Mr Brain said the new job offer is with a "major Scottish employer".

They were due to meet lawyers in Glasgow on Thursday but said on Wednesday night a "hiccup with paperwork" means the meeting has been delayed.

Mr Brain said: "We're still making progress forward and a prospective employer is still keen to get this resolved."

They now hope the meeting will take place next week.

The Brains and their son Lachlan moved from Australia to Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands in 2011 on Mrs Brain's post-work student visa.

A two-year post-study visa scheme then on offer was later withdrawn, leaving the family fighting to remain in the UK.

Following the final deadline of August 1, the Home Office confirmed the family's leave to remain would not be extended further and urged them to leave the UK voluntarily.