OA078822013

For the Appellant: Mr N Stevens, Legal Representative, instructed by Duncan Lewis,

�Where false representations have been made or false documents or information have been submitted (whether or not material to the application and whether or not to the applicant�s knowledge) or material facts have not been disclosed in relation to the application.�

The sponsor had given an explanation as to how the marriage certificate had come into her hands. She had obtained the document from her husband�s paternal uncle so she could not speak directly as to its provenance. The judge did not make any express finding in relation to paragraph 320(7A) but it might be assumed from the absence of a document verification report that he was not satisfied that it was forged.

Having directed himself as to the contents of Tanveer Ahmed (HX23022/01) , he then said

�The marriage certificate is unreliable at the very least. The sponsor accepts that it is not original and doubt has been cast on its authenticity even if it has not been proved to a high degree of probability that that copy marriage certificate is a forgery�.