United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments

 

Upper Tribunal

(Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Appeal no: ia/45942/2013

 

THE IMMIGRATION ACTS

 

At	Decision signed: 03.02.2015
on 03.02.2015	sent out: 04.02.2015

 

Before:

 

Upper Tribunal Judge John FREEMAN

 

Between:

 

Irvin SAPONG

appellant

and

 

respondent

Representation:

For the appellant: Richard Clarke (counsel instructed by Hafiz & Haque)

For the respondent: Mr S Kandola

 

DETERMINATION AND REASONS

1.    This is an appeal, by the , against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Stuart Taylor), sitting at Taylor House on 20 October 2014, to under the Immigration Rules an appeal by a citizen of the Philippines, born 1974.

2.    The parties have helpfully agreed that the Home Office appeal should be allowed; but only to the extent that the decision is re-made, allowing the appellant’s appeal under article 8, on the basis that, by the date of the hearing before the judge, both relevant children (who have indefinite leave to remain here with their mother) had been in this country for over

seven years, so satisfying the requirements of ss. 117B (6) and 117D (1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, as inserted by s. 19 of the Immigration Act 2014.

Appeals on above basis

 

(a judge of the Upper Tribunal)