IA000602018 & IA000612018

These are linked appeals against the decisions of First-tier Tribunal Judge Freer promulgated on 11 June 2018.

Although before me Mr Islam and Ms Aktar are the respondents and the Secretary of State for the Home Department is the appellant, for the sake of consistency with the proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal I shall hereafter refer to Mr Islam and Ms Aktar as the Appellants and the Secretary of State as the Respondent.

The Appellants are citizens of Bangladesh, husband and wife, born respectively on 23 December 1984 and 10 September 1986. They entered the United Kingdom pursuant to entry clearance as a Tier 4 migrant and the dependant of a Tier 4 migrant on 11 February 2011 with leave until 31 December 2012. On 30 December 2012 an application was made for further leave to remain in the same capacity. The application was granted on 27 February 2013 with leave being extended until 15 November 2014. On 16 June 2014 a curtailment decision was made to take effect from 18 August 2014.

On 18 August 2014 further applications for leave to remain were made on the basis of the First Appellant's study - with his wife, the Second Appellant, again being included as his dependant. The First Appellant submitted a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies ('CAS') from Alpha Omega College (Annex E of the Respondent's bundle before the First-tier Tribunal).

The Appellants' applications were not decided until February 2018. The applications were refused for reasons set out in a combined Notice of Immigration Decision and 'reasons for refusal' letter dated 28 February 2018. A decision was also made to issue removal directions pursuant to section 47 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.