OA012492013

The appellant is a citizen of Pakistan who was born on 23 January 1988. He was given permission to appeal the determination of First-Tier Tribunal Judge Fox (�the FTTJ�) who dismissed his appeal against the respondent�s decision of 15 November 2012 to refuse him entry clearance for settlement in the United Kingdom as the husband of Mrs Iram Pervez (�the sponsor�) under the provisions of paragraph 281 of the Immigration Rules.

The appeal against the decision of the FTTJ came before me and I found that there were errors of law. I set aside the decision and directed that it should be remade in the Upper Tribunal. No findings of credibility or fact were preserved. My Decision and Directions are set out in the Appendix to this determination.

The appellant�s solicitors have provided a 191 page bundle which, I am told, contains all the material which was before the FTTJ and a number of new witness statements (items 1 and 3 to 8). I have a skeleton argument from Mr Melvin.

I heard oral evidence from the sponsor and her two sisters, Nighat Parveez and Hina Parveez. They were examined, adopted their witness statements and were cross examined. I asked some questions for the purpose of clarification. Their evidence is set out in my record of proceedings. There are witness statements from other relatives who, I am told, were unable to attend.

As to any suggestion that the appellant was coming here for economic reasons the evidence was that he had a job and was working in Pakistan, in a shoe shop owned by his father. 16 members of the sponsor�s family attended the wedding in Pakistan where there were more than 500 guests.