UI2022004489

             The appellant appeals with permission the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Roots ("the judge") promulgated on 4 May 2022 dismissing his appeal against the respondent's decision dated 21 October 2021 to refuse his application for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme ("EUSS").

             The appellant was born in Albania in 1993. He entered the UK illegally on 13 June 2016. On 10 January 2020, he met Ms Maria Bravou, a Greek national exercising EU Treaty rights in the UK. They began living together on 10 April 2020. On 29 June 2021, the appellant made an application for settled status under the EUSS. The couple then married on 5 August 2021.

             The appellant's appeal against that decision was heard by the First-tier Tribunal on 19 April 2022. In dismissing that appeal, the judge found that:

             Permission to appeal was granted by Upper Tribunal Judge Perkins on 10 November 2022 on the following grounds:

       The error of law hearing was relisted before me on 27 November 2024. However, the appellant failed to attend at the 10 am start time. Checks were made by the clerk which confirmed that the notice of hearing had been posted to the appellant's home address as the appellant had not provided an email address. The clerk tried to call the appellant using the telephone number provided but she found that the call would not connect.