IK (Immigration Rules, Construction – Purpose) Pakistan: AIT 22 Jan 2010

AIT The finding in AM (Ethiopia),[2008] EWCA Civ 1082, that the Immigration Rules have no over-arching purpose and must be construed sensibly according to the natural meaning of the language employed, is an approach approved by the Supreme Court in Ahmed Mahad and others [2009] UKSC 16. The existence of paragraph 245V, which describes the purpose of the Tier 1 (post-study work) ‘route’, does not entitle decision makers to re-write specific requirements of the Rules, which are on their face sufficiently plain, whether or not a judicial fact-finder thinks the provision in question might have been differently phrased, compatibly with the purpose articulated in paragraph 245V.
[2010] UKAIT 00002
Bailii
England and Wales

Updated: 28 June 2021; Ref: scu.396669