OA060422013

The appellant is a citizen of India, born on 3 February 1984. She appeals with leave against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Elek dismissing her appeal against the ECO�s refusal to grant her entry clearance to the United Kingdom as an adult dependent relative under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.

The appellant has throughout these proceedings been represented by Mr G S Mander, who is her sponsor and great-uncle. He is the brother of the appellant's grandfather.

When the appellant made her application on 16 November 2012, she was living with her grandfather. She had a sister who was married and lived with her in-laws in Punjab about twenty miles away from her. Her brother and his wife lived in Italy.

While in the UK the college she attended, Greenwich Community College had its highly trusted status suspended. Because of this and the anxiety of returning to India the appellant become ill and discontinued her studies. Her sponsor urged her to go back to India at the time. He said in evidence that save for her grandfather the appellant has no family remaining in India to seek support from. She is both financially and emotionality dependent on him and his wife and this is a responsibility they are happy to accept without recourse to public funds.

The psychiatric report from Dr Katambari who had examined her in the UK on 20 September 2012 reported one incident of self-harm when the appellant took an overdose of analgesics on 20 May 2012, in her sponsor's home, where she was examined and reassured by paramedics. The appellant said she felt depressed and often had thoughts of ending her life. She was also upset about her studies in the UK. The judge accepted respondent�s finding that the depression that Dr Katambari diagnosed is treatable in India. She based her conclusion on the India Country of Information Report dated 30 March 2012.