UTIAC (Re-Using Same Case: New Rules) India
(1) In the fast-changing world of the points-based system, it is important (a) to ascertain the precise basis on which an application has been refused; (b) to identify the relevant provisions of the Immigration Rules; and (c) to check the relevant commencement provisions.
(2) Thus, where an applicant had been refused for not having a valid Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies, because the reference number for that Confirmation had already been used, the Immigration Judge should have ascertained what the Immigration Rules required in that regard, in the circumstances of the applicant’s case. Had she done so, she would have seen that the reason for the refusal was unsound, having regard to the commencement provisions of HC 908.
(3) Pankina and others [2010] EWCA Civ 719; [2010] Imm AR 689 is not authority for any general proposition that the requirements of the Immigration Rules are to be disregarded, merely because an Immigration Judge considers that their application to a particular person would be ‘unfair’.
Judges:
Lane UTJ
Citations:
[2011] UKUT 411 (IAC)
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 20 September 2022; Ref: scu.445180
