References: [2013] EWCA Civ 322, [2013] 3 All ER 778, [2014] 1 WLR 208, [2013] HRLR 28, [2013] INLR 613, [2013] Imm AR 1007, [2013] WLR(D) 139
Links: Bailii, WLRD
Coram: Maurice Kay VP, Toulson LJJ, Sir David Keene
Ratio: The applicant appealed against refusal of her challenge to the regulations requiring certain standards of spoken English in foreign spouses seeking to come here to be with their settled or British Citizen spouse.
Held: The imposition of the requirement was a proportionate response.
Statutes: Immigration Rules 281
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
This case cites:
- Appeal From – Chapti and Others, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department and Others Admn (Bailii, [2011] EWHC 3370 (Admin), [2012] 2 All ER 653)
Challenge to the amendments to paragraph 281 of the Immigration Rules requiring the foreign spouses and partners of British citizens or persons settled in the UK applying for what I shall refer to as ‘spouse visas’, that is for leave to enter the UK . .
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This case is cited by:
- Appeal from – Ali and Bibi, Regina (on The Applications of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department SC (Bailii, [2015] UKSC 68, [2016] HRLR 4, [2016] 2 All ER 193, [2015] WLR(D) 462, [2016] Imm AR 270, [2015] 1 WLR 5055, 40 BHRC 606, [2016] INLR 314, Bailii Summary, WLRD, UKSC 2013/0266, SC, SC Summary)
At the claimants alleged that the rules requiring a foreign spouse or partner of a British citizen or a person settled in this country to pass a test of competence in the English language before coming to live here were an unjustifiable interference . .
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Last Update: 20 April 2020
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