VA179322013 & VA179362013

For the Respondents/Claimants: Miss Manjit Dogra, Counsel instructed by Immigration and Work Permit Ltd

The Specialist Appeals Team appeals on behalf of an Entry Clearance Officer from the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Shamash sitting at Taylor House on 14 th July 2014) allowing on Article 8 grounds the claimants� appeals against the refusal of entry clearance as family visitors. The First-tier Tribunal does not make an anonymity direction, and I do not consider that such a direction is warranted for these proceedings in the Upper Tribunal.

Both claimants are nationals of Bangladesh. The first claimant was born on 5 October 1953, and the second claimant was born on 10 February 1997. The first claimant is the mother of the second claimant. As she is the main claimant, I shall hereafter refer to her as the claimant save where the context otherwise requires.

On 27 July 2013 each of them applied for entry clearance in order to undertake a two month family visit. In her application the claimant said that she was widowed, and that she had one dependent child, namely the second claimant. Her son-in-law and UK sponsor was going to pay for her travel to the United Kingdom and to meet all her expenses there such as accommodation and food. She received money from her daughter and son-in-law in the UK for family cost purposes. As evidence of her savings, she was attaching her bank statement.

Her daughter her was Jesmin Begum, whose date of birth is 10 October 1984. She was a British national, and her husband was self-employed. She had last seen her daughter in Bangladesh in 2010. Her daughter and son-in-law, who lived in Ely, had three children. These were her close family members in the UK. She was also hoping to see her son, Raju Ahmed, who was also a British citizen.