OA197302013

The respondent is a citizen of Bangladesh and her date of birth is 5 March 1991. I shall refer to the respondent as the appellant as she was before the First-tier Tribunal.

According to the ECO the sponsor submitted his P60 for 2012/2013 but the information contained therein did not correspond with the records held by HMRC. In addition the sponsor did not provide a letter from Boxmore Catering Services confirming his salary and other information required under the Rules. In addition the bank statements that he submitted with his application do not correspond with the sponsor�s stated salary during the relevant period.

The appellant appealed against the decision of the ECO and her appeal was allowed by Judge of the First-tier Tribunal Metzer in a decision of 12 November 2014 following a hearing at Taylor House on 30 October 2014. Permission to appeal against the decision of Judge Metzer was granted to the Secretary of State by First-tier Tribunal Judge Robertson in a decision of 7 January 2015.

�14. I was impressed by the sponsor who I found to be a credible witness. I accept that the appellant and the sponsor are in a genuine and subsisting relationship. That is evidenced by the documentary evidence of their relationship as well as the fact that he visited her in 2014. I also accept that the appellant delayed making the application until the sponsor could meet the criteria in terms of the financial requirement.

In respect of the financial evidence, the P60s from the appellant, including from his second employment at Boxmore Catering demonstrate clearly that the sponsor has the relevant income for the relevant six month period prior to the application and in all the circumstances, I find the appellant has had no difficulty in establishing to the relevant standard that all of the requirements under Appendix FM are satisfied�.