OA104462013

This is the Secretary of State�s appeal against the decision of Judge Jones made following a hearing at Bradford on 28 th January 2014.

The judge recorded that it was the Sponsor�s evidence that he had been self-employed as claimed as a taxi driver earning �13,170 per annum and had additionally been employed part-time by S and J working as a rent collector and earning a gross income of �6,500 per annum.

The judge said that the Presenting Officer in the case had had oversight of the papers provided and, having considered them, accepted that the only problem with the appeal was that some of the Sponsor�s income had not been paid into the bank by him. There were additional documents relevant to the date of decision in the Claimant�s bundle from his employers and from the accountant.

The judge then stated that on the totality of the evidence he found that the Appellant had discharged the burden and standard of proof placed upon her in the proceedings.

�I make such finding because applying the appropriate standard evidence that persuades me that at the relevant time in question the Sponsor�s income as claimed as a self-employed taxi driver and part-time employment collecting rent were as claimed and met the financial threshold required. The Sponsor gave credible evidence which remained consistent and reliable to the appropriate standard even though he was carefully and closely cross-examined.