IA020752016

This is the appeal of Jafar [B], a citizen of Nigeria born 23 April 1973, against the decision of the First-tier tribunal of 11 October 2017 to dismiss his appeal on human rights grounds, itself brought against the decision to refuse his application on 29 April 2016.

His application was for indefinite leave to remain as the spouse of a person present and settled in the UK. He had had entered the spouse route before July 2012 (when Appendix FM was introduced). His application was refused because the Secretary of State considered that false documents and information had been provided on the application, because the documents said to support his claim to have been in work for a company called Fresco were considered inadequate:

(a) There was no confirmation of his earnings for October 2015 by way of receipts into his bank account;

(b) Enquiries of HMRC indicated that no tax and national insurance contributions were registered against the national insurance number given in the wage slips;

(c) The business address included an out of date postcode for the Cannon Street place of work, Fresco, and there was no indication of such a firm operating from that address: the only known address for such a firm was in Basildon, and a letter to Fresco was returned unopened;