Practice area
Visas and leave to remain, asylum and humanitarian protection, deportation and removal, nationality and citizenship, immigration detention, and immigration appeals.
The appellant, AA, is a citizen of Egypt who claimed asylum in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2024. His account was that following his divorce he had received adverse attention from his ex-wife's family, that he had been assaulted…
The appellant, Mrs Monuara Begum, is a Bangladeshi national born on 1 January 1969. She entered the United Kingdom on 23 December 2023 on a six-month visit visa which expired on 13 June 2024, and on 7 June 2024, before that…
The appellant, SM, is an Afghan national of Pashtun ethnicity and a member of the Hazabuz tribe, who arrived in the United Kingdom as a minor and claimed asylum. His case was that his father supplied goods to the former Afghan…
The appellant, HS, is a forty-year-old Albanian citizen who entered the United Kingdom illegally in 2019. In February 2021 he was arrested for being concerned in the production of cannabis between December 2020 and February 2021…
The appellant, MO, is a citizen of Iraq of Kurdish ethnicity who left Iraq unlawfully and travelled through Europe, claiming asylum in Germany before coming to the United Kingdom. He made an application for leave to remain on 28…
The applicant, Gezim Cela, is sought by the Government of Albania for extradition to serve a ten-year prison sentence imposed in December 2018 for a group export of some 50kg of cannabis from Albania to Kosovo in October 2015. He…
The appellant, a citizen of Jamaica born on 5 November 1996, entered the United Kingdom on 4 May 2002 aged five with his mother, with visitor leave valid until 4 November 2002. Applications made by his mother naming him as a…
The appellant, NN, is a Vietnamese national who was granted anonymity by the Tribunal under rule 13(1)(b) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014. He claims that about a week…
The appellant, a Lithuanian citizen, arrived in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2012 at around nine years of age and has lived here for most of his life. He was granted settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme on 29 June…
The appellant, referred to as FT and granted anonymity, claims to be a citizen of Eritrea. She says she was born in Eritrea and lived there until she was six years old, when her father took her to Ethiopia, where she remained…
The appellant, SA, is a citizen of Iraq of Kurdish ethnicity, whose Kurdish ethnicity and nationality the respondent accepted. He applied for leave to remain on 19 October 2024, claiming protection on the basis that he had…
The appellant, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, entered the United Kingdom with leave as a visitor in September 2020 and claimed asylum on 5 January 2021, citing a fear of persecution on account of his sexual orientation. By…
The appellants, MD, FD and HA, are nationals of Somalia who applied for entry clearance as family members of the sponsor, a Dutch national of Somali origin resident in the United Kingdom since January 2026 and granted settled…
The appellant, MH, is a 28-year-old citizen of Namibia who made a protection claim on 23 March 2023. The Secretary of State for the Home Department refused that claim by a decision dated 2 December 2024, and he appealed to the…
The appellant, Mr Eric Osei-Bonsu, is a Ghanaian national born on 24 August 1980 who relied upon a customary marriage to Ms Yvonne Bawuah, a German national, recorded on a certificate as having taken place on 18 December 2018. He…
The appellant, AGIK, is a citizen of Afghanistan of Pashtun ethnicity, born in Laghman Province. He is illiterate, never attended school and worked as a shepherd before leaving Afghanistan. His case was that his father was a…
The appellant, MA, is a citizen of Afghanistan who was born and raised in Pol-e-Charkhi village on the eastern outskirts of Kabul. He is married with nine children, received no formal education and worked as a taxi driver. His…
The appellant, AA, is a citizen of Iraq of Kurdish ethnicity who claimed protection in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2021 on the basis that he would be at risk on return by reason of his imputed political opinion. His account…
The appellant, B S, is a national of Afghanistan who claimed international protection in the United Kingdom. His account was that in 2020 a contract was concluded between his business partner and the Chief of the Logar Provincial…
The appellant, referred to as A R, is a Pakistani national born in 2004 who worked as an Imam near the village of Raniya. He met H.M. when she delivered food to the mosque, and the two formed a secret relationship. His own family…