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The appellant is a citizen of Syria, now aged 12. On 9 April 2012 she sought entry clearance to the UK as a Tier 1 (General) child dependant. A letter of the same date from the sponsor, the appellant�s father, said that the application was based on his sole responsibility for her.
The Entry Clearance Officer refused the application by notice dated 11 April 2012. The Entry Clearance Officer was not satisfied of the relationship between the appellant and sponsor nor that sole responsibility had been demonstrated, the appellant having been in the care of her mother in Syria.
The appellant filed notice of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal, providing some further evidence. On 9 July 2012 an Entry Clearance Manager accepted that the appellant is the child of the sponsor, but maintained the decision on the basis that sole responsibility was not shown.
We found on file the judge�s record of the oral submissions and the skeleton argument for the appellant. The arguments both oral and written were on the basis of sole responsibility, with very little reference to the security situation. The submissions were made on the basis that the appellant was in the UAE and were thoroughly confused as to whether they were based on circumstances at the date of application or on later developments.
Those were all the arguments for the appellant. We did not need to hear from the Presenting Officer. We formally reserved our determination.
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