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The respondent, Mr Shahzeeb Saleem date of birth the 9 th January 1984, is a citizen of Pakistan. Having considered all the circumstances I do not make an anonymity direction.
The respondent appealed the decision to refuse entry clearance as a spouse to the First-tier Tribunal and the appeal was heard by First-tier Tribunal Judge Hopkins on 19 January 2015. By decision promulgated on 29 January 2015 Judge Hopkins allowed the appeal under the Immigration Rules.
The sole issue in the appeal relates to the validity of the Divorce Decree from the UK Family Court produced by the sponsoring wife as evidence of the fact that she had been divorced and that she was accordingly free to marry the appellant on 29 March 2013.
Whilst a decree of divorce from the Family Court in the United Kingdom had been submitted with the application, it was being asserted by the ECO that the divorce decree produced was not in proper form as there was no authenticating stamp. Judge Hopkins looked at the documentation and was satisfied that there was an authenticating stamp, although it was faint [see paragraph 13 of the Decision].
Further the judge has carefully set out the circumstances in which properly stamped and authenticated documents were produced at the hearing.
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