EA000392021 & Ors.

For the appellants: Mr Alex Bennie of Counsel, instructed by Iqbal Law Chambers Ltd

             The appellants appeal with permission from the decision of the First-tier Tribunal dismissing their appeals against the respondent's decision on 5 November 2020 to refuse to issue them a family permit, to join the sponsor as extended family members, pursuant to Regulation 8(2)(b) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016.

             The appellants, a husband and wife and their two minor children, are all citizens of Pakistan. The sponsor, who is the principal appellant's brother, is a Spanish citizen. The respondent was not satisfied that the family was dependent on the sponsor as required, nor that they had demonstrated that he was in a position to support them all if they came to the UK, in addition to his own wife and children.

             Mode of hearing. The hearing today took place face to face.

             The appellants say that the husband, the principal appellant, was made redundant in 2019 and that the sponsor has been supporting them all since then. The principal appellant's witness statement says that he has not been able to obtain further employment. There is another brother in Pakistan, who is also said to be unemployed, but the First-tier Judge recorded that the sponsor said in oral evidence that he was not supporting that brother.