UI2023001624 & UI2023001625

             The appellants appeal, with the permission of First-tier Tribunal Judge Chinweze, against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Parkes. By his decision of 13 March 2023, Judge Parkes ("the judge") dismissed the appellants' appeals against the respondent's refusal of their applications for entry clearance under Appendix EU FP of the Immigration Rules.

             The appellants are Pakistani nationals who were born on 25 September 1952 and 1 January 1955 respectively. The first appellant is the husband of the second.

             On 8 February 2022, the appellants made online applications for entry clearance to join their daughter in the United Kingdom. She is Rabia Saad, a Belgian national who was born on 20 October 1987. She has status under the EU Settlement Scheme. She lives in the UK with her husband, who is also a Belgian national.

             The appellants' online applications were accompanied by a helpful letter from their solicitors. That letter set out the familial relationship between the appellants and the sponsor. It was said that the appellants were dependent on the sponsor; she had been remitting money to them using Remitly and by sending cash to Pakistan with friends and relatives who were travelling there. The letter stated that the appellants relied 'solely on the funds that they receive from the sponsor'.

             The appellants appealed to the First-tier Tribunal. Their solicitors filed and served a bundle of 165 pages for the hearing. The appeal was heard by the judge, sitting in Birmingham, on 1 March 2023. The appellants were represented by Mr Muman of counsel, as they were before me. The respondent was represented by a Presenting Officer (not Mr Terrell). The judge heard oral evidence from the sponsor and submissions from the advocates before reserving his decision.