EA003202017 & EA003212017

For the appellant: Mr Z Nasim, of Counsel, instructed by Legal Rights Partnership.

The appellants appeal, with permission, against a decision of Judge of the First-tier Tribunal Nixon who, following a hearing on 7 December 2017, dismissed their appeals against the respondent's decisions of 22 November 2016 by which he refused to issue family permits under the Immigration (European Economic Area) 2006 (hereafter the "2006 Regulations").

The appellants made more than one application for EEA family permits as dependent members of the household of an EEA national exercising Treaty rights. The applications were refused. The instant appeals concern the decisions dated 22 November 2016 (not 7 September 2016, as incorrectly stated at para 1 of the judge's decision).

The judge found that the appellants had not established that they were dependent on FA/ the sponsor. Her reasons are given at paras 11-16 of her decision. Before I quote paras 11-16, I should say, in order to avoid any confusion, that she used the term " sponsor " to refer to FA whereas I have used this term to refer to the EEA national whose status in the United Kingdom was relied upon as the basis of the applications for EEA family permits. Paras 11-16 of the judge's decision's read as follows:

"11. I note that there is no longer an issue as to the nature of the relationships between the appellants and the sponsor and her husband. However I find that the appellants have still failed to show on the balance of probabilities that they are dependent on the sponsor and her husband.