Craft Bistro restaurant co-owner Petra Illing has filed an urgent application at the Windhoek High Court.

The businesswoman wants the court to stop the minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security from deporting her.

Illing, a German national, has been in Namibia for 28 years and says she regards Namibia as her permanent home.

Petra Illing was picked up by immigration officials on Wednesday at her place of business and was subsequently given 48 hours to leave Namibia.