(i) In section 117B(1)-(5) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 parliament has made no distinction between adult and child immigrants. (ii) The factors set out at section 117B(1)-(5) apply to all, regardless of age. They are not however an exhaustive list, and all other relevant factors must also be weighed in the balance. … Continue reading Miah (Section 117B NIAA 2002 – Children): UTIAC 23 Nov 2015
UTIAC (i) Section 117B (6) is a reflection of the distinction which Parliament has chosen to make between persons who are, and who are not, liable to deportation. In any case where the conditions enshrined in section 117B(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 are satisfied, the section 117B(6) public interest prevails over … Continue reading Treebhawon and Others (Section 117B): UTIAC 19 Nov 2015
UTIAC (1) The statutory duty to consider the matters set out in s 117B of the 2002 Act is satisfied if the Tribunal’s decision shows that it has had regard to such parts of it as are relevant. (2) An appellant can obtain no positive right to a grant of leave to remain from either … Continue reading AM (S117B): UTIAC 17 Apr 2015
Leave to remain – Application – Reasonableness of expecting child applicant to leave United Kingdom – Proper approach to applying reasonableness test . .
1. British citizenship is a relevant factor when assessing the best interests of the child. 2. British citizenship includes the opportunities for children to live in the UK, receive free education, have full access to healthcare and welfare provision and participate in the life of their local community as they grow up. 3. There is … Continue reading SD (British Citizen Children – Entry Clearance) Sri Lanka: UTIAC 23 Jan 2020
A. Historic injustice (1) For the future, the expression ‘historic injustice’, as used in the immigration context, should be reserved for cases such as those concerning certain British Overseas citizens or families of Gurkha ex-servicemen, which involve a belated recognition by the United Kingdom government that a particular class of persons was wrongly treated, in … Continue reading Patel (Historic Injustice; NIAA Part 5A) India: UTIAC 25 Nov 2020
The procedural issue: appeals under section 11 of the TCEA 2007 (1) The appellate regime established by the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, as amended, is concerned with outcomes comprising the determination of available grounds of appeal; (2) A party who has achieved the exact outcome(s) sought by way of an appeal to the … Continue reading Binaku (S 11 TCEA; S 117C NIAA; Para 399D): UTIAC 27 Jan 2021
(1) Key features of ss.117A-117D of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 include the following: (a) judges are required statutorily to take into account a number of enumerated considerations. Sections 117A-117D are not, therefore, an a la carte menu of considerations that it is at the discretion of the judge to apply or not … Continue reading Dube (Ss117A-117D): UTIAC 24 Feb 2015
(1) Section 117A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 requires the Upper Tribunal, in a judicial review involving Article 8(2) ECHR, to have regard to the considerations mentioned in section 117B and, where relevant, section 117C, when considering the question whether an interference with a person’s right to respect for private and family … Continue reading Khairdin, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department (NIA 2002: Part 5A) (IJR): UTIAC 28 Nov 2014
Section 117B(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 requires a court or tribunal to hypothesise that the child in question would leave the United Kingdom, even if this is not likely to be the case, and ask whether it would be reasonable to expect the child to do so. Citations: [2019] UKUT 72 … Continue reading JG (S 117B, : ‘Reasonable To Leave’ UK (Rev 1)) Turkey: UTIAC 15 Mar 2019
(1) A person who has been deported under a deportation order that remains in force is a person who is liable to deportation within the meaning of section 3 of the Immigration Act 1971 and is therefore unable to bring himself within section 117B(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. (2) By the … Continue reading Williams (Scope of ‘Liable To Deportation’) Nigeria: UTIAC 2 Mar 2018
(1) If, on appeal, an issue arises as to whether the removal of a person (P) from the United Kingdom would be unlawful because P is a British citizen, the tribunal deciding the appeal must make a finding on P’s citizenship; just as the tribunal must do so where the consideration of the public interest … Continue reading MS (British Citizenship; EEA Appeals) Belgium: UTIAC 15 Oct 2019
If a parent (‘P’) is unable to demonstrate he / she has been taking an active role in a child’s upbringing for the purposes of E-LTRPT.2.4 of the Immigration Rules, P may still be able to demonstrate a genuine and subsisting parental relationship with a qualifying child for the purposes of section 117B(6) of the … Continue reading SR (Subsisting Parental Relationship, S117B,): UTIAC 5 Sep 2018
1. It is not necessary for an individual to have ‘parental responsibility’ in law for there to exist a parental relationship. 2. Whether a person who is not a biological parent is in a ‘parental relationship’ with a child for the purposes of s.117B(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 depends on the … Continue reading RK, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department (S117B, ; ‘Parental Relationship’ (IJR): UTIAC 22 Dec 2015
UTIAC 1. That ‘precariousness’ is a criterion of relevance to family life as well as private life cases is an established part of Article 8 jurisprudence: see e.g. R (Nagre) v SSHD [2013] EWHC 720 (Admin) and Jeunesse v Netherlands, app.no.12738/10 (GC). 2. The ‘little weight’ provisions of s.117B(4)(a) and (5) of the Nationality, Immigration … Continue reading Rajendran (S117B – Family Life): UTIAC 7 Mar 2016
UTIAC (i) Sections 117A and 117B of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 are not confined to an appeal under section 84(1)(c). They apply also to appeals brought under section 84(1)(a) and (g). (ii) Section 117B(4) and (5) of the 2002 Act, which instruct Judges to attribute ‘little weight’ to the considerations specified therein, … Continue reading Deelah and Others (Section 117B – Ambit): UTIAC 30 Jul 2015
(i) The public interest in firm immigration control is not diluted by the consideration that a person pursuing a claim under Article 8 ECHR has at no time been a financial burden on the state or is self-sufficient or is likely to remain so indefinitely. The significance of these factors is that where they are … Continue reading Forman (SS 117A-C Considerations): UTIAC 19 Jun 2015
(1) An appellant in an Article 8 human rights appeal who argues that there is no public interest in removal because after leaving the UK he or she will be granted entry clearance must, in all cases, address the relevant considerations in Part 5A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (‘the 2002 Act’) … Continue reading Younas (Section 117B, (B); Chikwamba; Zambrano) Pakistan: UTIAC 24 Mar 2020
1. The definition of ‘qualifying child’ contained in section 117D(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 does not include an EU citizen child resident in the United Kingdom for less than seven years. 2. The non-inclusion of EU citizen children resident for less than seven years in the definition of ‘qualifying child’ does … Continue reading MM (Section 117B – EU Citizen Child): UTIAC 8 Jun 2020
Ms R had overstayed, but resisted deportation claiming a long term relationship with a man for who she cared. Her leave was continued 11 times. A Seventh Day Adventist, the care she provided was as a friend. Indefinite leave to remain was refused . .
