OA100242014 & OA100262014

The Appellant before the Upper Tribunal is the Entry Clearance Officer and is, hereinafter, simply referred to as "the Entry Clearance Officer". The two Respondents are, hereinafter, referred to as the first claimant and the second claimant. The First-tier Tribunal made anonymity orders with respect to each claimant and I have continued those orders. That is why they are not named in full above.

This is the Entry Clearance Officer's appeal to the Upper Tribunal directed against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Judge Cox) promulgated on 15 th June 2015 allowing the appeals of each claimant against decisions of the Entry Clearance Officer, both made on 25 th July 2014, refusing to grant them entry clearance to come to the UK for the purposes of settlement as children of a parent settled here.

The first claimant was born on 7 th July 1997, and the second claimant on 20 th September 1998. They were, therefore, as at the date the original decisions of the Entry Clearance Officer were made, minors. The applications were refused because the Entry Clearance Officer did not think the requirements of paragraph 297(i) had been met. In particular, the Entry Clearance Officer was not satisfied that the UK based Sponsors were the parents of the claimants.

"297. The requirements to be met by a person seeking indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom as the child of a parent, parents or a relative present and settled or being admitted for settlement in the United Kingdom are that he:

(i) is seeking leave to enter to accompany or join a parent, parents or relative in one of the following circumstances: