The child was to come to the UK to stay with relatives. Permission was refused. Held: To be allowed to come, it had to be shown that the child would be maintained here without recourse to public funds and by the people he or she was to stay with. In this case that support was … Continue reading MW (Liberia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 20 Dec 2007
Rule 297(v) (as amended) requires that the parent, whom the child is joining, must himself maintain the child: ‘Third party support by relatives or otherwise cannot satisfy the rule’ The Hon Mr Justice Hodge (President) [2005] UKAIT 00105, [2005] Imm AR 328, [2006] INLR 1 Bailii Immigration Rules England and Wales Cited by: Cited – … Continue reading AA (3rd Party Maintenance R297 (V)) Bangladesh: IAT 21 Apr 2005
The claimants each sought entry to be with members of their family already settled here. The Court was asked whether the new Immigration Rules imposed a requirement which permitted third party support by someone other than the nominated sponsor. Held: The appeals succeeded.Lord Brown said: ‘The Rules are not to be construed with all the … Continue reading Mahad (Previously referred to as AM) (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer: SC 16 Dec 2009
