IA230852013

The Appellant is a national of Israel date of birth 27 th December 1988. He has permission to appeal against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Lambert) to dismiss his appeal against the Respondent�s decision to refuse to vary his leave to remain in the United Kingdom. That decision followed from the refusal to grant the Appellant further leave to remain as the spouse of his British wife.

The Appellant was first given leave to enter as a spouse in 2010. In March 2013 he returned to Israel for a family visit. When the Appellant presented himself at Manchester airport hoping to re-enter the UK to join his wife and children he was stopped by border force officials who pointed out that his last visa had expired before he had even left the UK. The Appellant was nevertheless granted two months leave to enter in order to �regularise his position�.

Once in-country the Appellant made an application for leave to remain as a partner.

Having considered the evidence before her Judge Lambert concluded that the Sponsor would be �in no worse position than any number of single parents who have to cope alone�. Although she would find it difficult she would be aided by the close support of her family. The decision was not disproportionate and the appeal under Article 8 was dismissed.

The grounds of appeal are almost as long as the determination itself. Numerous errors are alleged, most of which amount to a disagreement with the decision. Some of the paragraphs make no sense. Others are repetitive. I hope I do no injustice to the grounds by boiling them down to the points focussed upon in Mr Leskin�s oral submissions. It is said that the First-tier Tribunal erred in the following respects: