UI2024000178 & Ors

             The appellants appeal with permission against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge G A Black, promulgated on 11 September 2023, dismissing their appeals against the decisions of an Entry Clearance Officer made on 7 January 2023 in respect of the first two appellants and on t9 August 2023 in respect of the Third Appellant to refuse to granted leave to enter the United Kingdom under the Appendix EU (Family Permit) of the Immigration Rules.

             The appellants' case is that they are the family members of a relevant EEA citizen, Rashid Khan Begum ("the sponsor") who is married to their father.

             The respondent refused the applications on the basis that the birth certificates provided were not reliable evidence of the parental relationship between each of the appellants and the sponsor, given discrepancies in the certificates, as set out in Document Verification Reports relating to the birth certificates and the death certificate for the mother of the third appellant.

             The appellants appealed against those decisions on the grounds that there was an explanation for the apparent defects, and that the appellants had brought a civil suit against the Union Council which was responsible for the issue of birth certificates, resulting in the issue of letters of explanation from the Union Council.

             The appellants did not request an oral hearing but did provide a bundle of documents in support of the appeal which included the documents relating to the civil suit.