OA008062015

For the Appellant: Mr S Vokes of Counsel instructed by French & Company Solicitors

The Appellant appeals against a decision of Judge V A Cox of the First-tier Tribunal (the FtT) promulgated on 24 th May 2016.

The Appellant is a female Jamaican citizen born [ ] 2002 who applied for entry clearance to enable her to join her mother [SB] (the Sponsor) who is settled in the United Kingdom.

The application was refused on 9 th October 2014, the Respondent not being satisfied that the Sponsor had exercised sole responsibility for the Appellant's upbringing, and there were no serious and compelling family or other considerations which made exclusion of the Appellant undesirable. The appellant was therefore refused with reference to paragraph 297(i)(e) and (f).

Permission to appeal was granted by Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Chapman and I set out below, in part, the grant of permission which summarises the grounds seeking permission to appeal;