IA010262016

This is an appeal against the determination of First-tier Tribunal Judge Watson, promulgated on 28 th March 2017, following a hearing at Birmingham Sheldon Court on 16 th March 2017. In the determination, the judge dismissed the appeal of the Appellant, whereupon the Appellant subsequently applied for, and was granted, permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal, and thus the matter comes before me.

The Appellant's claim essentially is that she cannot return to Pakistan because she has no qualifications to show for her studies in the UK because her college had its licence revoked and she also did not complete her studies. She also claims that she would be subjected to pressure from her family, and particularly her stepmother, to marry an older cousin which she does not want to do.

"Declined the proposal and that there were no adverse consequences following her refusal. This is based upon her own evidence. I find that all her family agreed that she should go to the UK and that no attempts were made to force her to marry the cousin against her will or to prevent her going to the UK" (paragraph 31).

Indeed, the Appellant had "refused this proposal without any adverse consequences" (paragraph 35). Furthermore, the Appellant could relocate to another part of Pakistan if she so wished (see paragraph 36). There were no exceptional circumstances to the appeal (paragraph 42).

Second, the judge had wrongly disparaged the expert report of Uzma Moeen, which was a 50 page report (see page 70 of the bundle). For example, it was not correct to say that her report was based upon a "couple of paragraphs of a draft statement" because she had the full statement before her.