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The respondent is a citizen of Pakistan who was born on the 21 st February 1992. The Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) appeals against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Dearden, promulgated on the 1 st September 2014, to allow the respondent�s appeal against the refusal to issue her with a European Economic Area (EEA) Residence Permit in order that she may reside with her father, Mr Shafqat Ali (hereafter, �the sponsor�) in the United Kingdom.
The sponsor is a Belgian national who, the appellant accepts, was exercising his EEA treaty rights in the United Kingdom at the material time.
The respondent had applied for a Residence Permit alongside her younger siblings, Ali Raza and Alifa Batool, both of whom were under the age of 21 years at the date of the decision.
In allowing the appeal, Judge Dearden accepted the sponsor�s explanation that the respondent�s mother had made �a simple error� in stating that she had only one dependent daughter, and that she had in fact two dependent daughters and one dependent son [paragraphs 16 and 17].
The core of Judge Dearden�s reasoning concerning the issue of the respondent�s financial dependency, and that which the ECO argues is fundamentally flawed, is to be found at paragraph 19 of his determination:
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