IA171512014

The Respondent to this appeal, Mr Amin, is a national of Pakistan whose date of birth is recorded as 2 nd June 1973. He did not attend the hearing before the First-tier Tribunal although his solicitors did file a bundle of documents. On this occasion there has been no communication at all, either from Mr Amin or his solicitors but I am satisfied from the Upper Tribunal file that proper notice has been served for the purpose of this hearing and in those circumstances, having regard to rule 38 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 I propose to proceed with the hearing.

Not content with the decision, by notice dated 24 th November 2014 the Secretary of State made application for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal.

The Secretary of State was granted permission by Judge of the First-tier Tribunal Cruthers on 6 th January 2015, thus the matter comes before me.

It was observed by the Court of Appeal in the case of EK (Ivory Coast) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1517 at paragraph 28 that:

�The points-based system is intended to simplify the procedure for applying for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in certain classes of case, such as economic migrants and students. This is to enable the Secretary of State to process high volumes of applications in a fair and reasonably expeditious manner, according to clear objective criteria. This is in the interests of all applicants. It also assists applicants to know what evidence they have to submit in support of an application.�