OA091902013

The appellant, Sameer Ashraf, was born on 22 January 1986 and is a male citizen of Pakistan. On 30 March 2013, a decision was made to refuse to grant the appellant entry to the United Kingdom as the spouse of Irran Akhtar (hereafter referred to as the sponsor). The appellant appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Henderson) which, in a determination promulgated on 12 February 2014, dismissed the appeal. The appellant now appeals, with permission, to the Upper Tribunal.

I made it clear to Mr Durham Hall, for the appellant, that I did not consider that permission had been granted to challenge the Immigration Rules decision or the application of MM . I heard submissions in respect of Article 8 ECHR only.

I am settled in the UK and my entire family is here; I was born here and I cannot live elsewhere. I am employed here and have spent my entire life here; we have no resources or employment opportunities in Pakistan. My husband and I have been forced to live apart from one another even though we satisfy all the requirements. It would be disproportionate to expect us to live in Pakistan; we have been separate for a long period of time and any further separation would also be disproportionate .