OA087142013 & OA087082013

(Immigration and Asylum Chamber)�������������������������������� Appeal Numbers: OA/08714/2013

1.������ This is an appeal against a determination of First-tier Tribunal Judge Grimmett promulgated on 3 March 2014.� The appellants are citizens of India and are husband and wife.� They appealed against a decision of the Entry Clearance Officer at Mumbai dated 4 March 2013 to refuse them entry clearance to the UK as dependants of the sponsor, their daughter, and her husband, their son-in-law.

2.������ At the date of the decision the first-named appellant was 78 and the second nearly 85.� It is not disputed that both appellants suffer from a variety of age-related illnesses including dementia.� For a time the first appellant was looking after and caring for her husband, the second appellant.� However, in about 2012 her health deteriorated to the point where she was no longer able to provide such care.� Both now require long-term care.

3.������ The couple have three daughters one of whom is the sponsor.� None of them live in India.� The sponsor�s sisters live in Canada and Dubai.� They have for some time returned to India on a six week rotational basis to look after their parents.� This arrangement puts a strain on the appellants� daughters, who have families of their own.� The sponsor herself has two children who in January 2013 were aged 6 and 9.� It has not been suggested that this arrangement involving rotational care by the daughters offers a long-term solution to the appellants� required care needs.

4.������ The sponsor is a geriatric nurse working in the NHS and her husband is a general practitioner.� They wish the appellants to come and stay with them in the UK where they can be provided for in their home.� They are arranging for their house to be converted to provide an annex suitable for their needs.