IA171652013

The Appellant appeals against a determination of Judge of the First-tier Tribunal Paul promulgated following a hearing on 4 th February 2014.

The Appellant is a male citizen of Zimbabwe born 5 th October 1984 who on 27 th March 2013 applied for further leave to remain in the United Kingdom, outside the immigration rules. The application was based upon the Appellant�s family and private life in the United Kingdom.

The application was refused on 16 th May 2013, the Respondent making a combined decision to refuse to vary leave to remain, and making a decision to remove the Appellant from the United Kingdom.

The reasons for refusal are contained in a letter dated 16 th May 2013. In summary the Respondent contended that the family life that the Appellant claimed to have with his mother and other family members in the United Kingdom did not constitute family life under Appendix FM of the immigration rules, and therefore the application was considered under paragraph 276ADE which sets out the requirements for leave to remain on the grounds of private life.

The Respondent noted that the Appellant had entered the United Kingdom on 4 th August 2006 and therefore he had not lived continuously in the United Kingdom for at least 20 years. He was not under the age of 18 years, nor was he aged between 18 and 25 years, and therefore the only provision that might apply to him was paragraph 276ADE(vi) which requires that an applicant;