OA207992013

This is an appeal from a determination of First-tier Tribunal Judge Amin dated 15 October 2014. The appellant is from Pakistan and is a migrant worker in Saudi Arabia. He married the sponsor, Mrs Maryam Ahmed, in 2010. At one point there was an issue about the certification of the marriage which took place in the Pakistani Consulate in Saudi Arabia but that has now been resolved in the appellant � s favour. The sponsor, Mrs Ahmed, has three children. Two are in their 20 � s and one is in his late teens. She and the children are citizens of this country.

The First-tier Judge who granted permission to appeal said firstly that the appellant was required to show funds from May to November 2013 but in fact the correct date was April to October 2013; secondly, that it was arguable that the judge had erred because he had taken into account the fact that the sponsor had three children in calculating the � 62,500; and, thirdly, that it was arguable that overall the appellant had available that amount taking into account the amounts in the account with Summit Bank in Pakistan.

We can sympathise with the plight of both the appellant and Mrs Ahmed. We can see that since 2010 they had tried to make the best of a difficult situation. The appellant has tried to build up savings by working hard in a third country, Saudi Arabia. Notwithstanding that, we cannot see how the effect of the rules can be avoided. The plain fact is that the � 62,500 target was not met over the period of the six months as required by the rules. The judge was right. The only course seems to be for the appellant to re-apply.