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This is the Appellant�s appeal against the decision of Judge Dearden made following a hearing at Bradford on 8 th August 2014.
The Appellant is a citizen of Jamaica born on 31 st January 2000. He applied to come to the UK as the child of a parent present and settled here on 25 th July 2013 but was refused entry clearance on 16 th October 2013 on the grounds that the Entry Clearance Officer was not satisfied that the child was seeking to join a parent who had had sole responsibility for his upbringing.
The Sponsor, the child�s father, left Jamaica for the UK in September 2000 when the child was 8 months of age. Thereafter he lived with his mother until she left for the Bahamas some time in 2011, and then went to go to live with the Sponsor�s brother. His mother returned to Jamaica some time in 2013. No evidence was put forward as to exactly when she returned.
�No one could be precise as to the date on which the Appellant�s mother returned to Jamaica but as the date of decision is at the end of the year, on 16 October 2013 I consider it more likely than not that the Appellant�s mother returned to Jamaica before that date.�
The judge recorded that the evidence was that the Appellant spends two weekends a month with his mother and that she has a continuing interest in him. He concluded that the Sponsor had joint responsibility for the child and not sole responsibility.
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