1. A person who holds a genuine passport, apparently issued to him, and not falsified or altered, has to be regarded as a national of the State that issued the passport.
2. The burden of proving the contrary lies on the claimant in an asylum case.
3. Foreign law (including nationality law) is a matter of evidence, to be proved by expert evidence directed specifically to the point in issue.
[2020] UKUT 250 (IAC)
Bailii
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 04 December 2021; Ref: scu.653929