UI2022003137 & Ors

       The Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) appeals with permission a decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Lloyd-Lawrie ('the Judge'), promulgated following a hearing at Manchester on 25 April 2022, in which the Judge allowed the above respondent's appeals against the refusals of their applications for a family permit under Regulation 8 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 ('the 2016 Regulations) as extended family members of a Mr Ansar Mukhtar ('the Sponsor').

       The first respondent, Samina Kausar is the sister of the Sponsor. The second respondent is her husband, and the other two respondents are their sons. All are citizens of Pakistan.

       The Judge records the above respondent's case being that they are reliant upon the Sponsor to meet their essential needs, as the second respondent worked to support the family until September 2016 when he had been working in Dubai but fell ill, as a result of which his visa was cancelled by his employer, he returned to Pakistan, and had not worked since. The above respondent's claim is that the support from the Sponsor is the only financial support they receive, and that they live in a house owned by the Sponsor.

       The Judge records at [6] no dispute concerning the claimed relationship or that the Sponsor as a qualifying person.

       The Judge's findings are set out from [7] of the decision under challenge. The Judge finds the Sponsor to be an honest and credible witness who previously sent money to his sister but that he had fully taken over supporting the family in 2016, and that they had moved into a house owned by him in 2019, after the application date but before the date of decision. The Judge finds the money that was sent was in order to pay for essential living costs [8].