UI2022002976

             An anonymity order was made by the First-tier Tribunal and continued by Judge Perkins at the previous hearing before the Upper Tribunal. We can see no reasoned basis for the continuation of such an order and thus the anonymity order is discharged.

             This is the re-making of the decision in the appellant's appeal, following the setting aside, in a decision of Judge Perkins dated 15 November 2024, of the decision of First-tier Tribunal Lodato in which he allowed the appellant's appeal against the decision to deprive him of his British nationality under section 40(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981.

             The appellant claims that he was born at home on 25 February 1982 in Azadi, Kirkuk, Iraq. He left the country at the age of 15 and travelled to Iran where he remained for two years. It was at this time that he assumed the identity of Alan Abdullah Sherifi.

             The appellant arrived in the UK on 1 November 2001 and claimed asylum. He gave the name he had used in Iran. He claims that, while he knew he was 19 years old, he could not provide a date of birth. His date of birth was recorded as 1 November 1984, making him 17 years old.

             The appellant was refused asylum but granted exceptional leave to remain as, relying on the 1 November 1984 date of birth, it was assumed he was under 18 years of age. The appellant applied to extend this leave, but his application was refused.