UI2022005358

       The appellant is a citizen of the Philippines born on 24 May 1977. She appeals, with permission, against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal dismissing her appeal against the respondent's decision to refuse her application for entry clearance under Appendix FM on the basis of her family life with her partner and child.

       The appellant made various applications to return to the UK: for entry clearance as a visitor which was refused in January 2012, for an EEA family permit which was refused in May 2012 and as a family visitor which was refused in January 2020.

       On 28 August 2021 the appellant applied for entry clearance as a partner, to join Mr Styles in the UK as his unmarried partner. In that application she stated that she first met Mr Styles in February 2007, that her relationship began in July 2007 and that she last saw him on 12 December 2010. She also stated that she had never lived with Mr Styles and that she was not intending to get married to him. She stated that she intended to travel to the UK with their daughter and that they would all be living together in the UK in Mr Styles' accommodation.

       The appellant also applied for family settlement as the parent of a British child, submitting an Appendix 1 (VAF4A) form, as well as applying on an Appendix 5 (VAF4A) form as the parent of a child in the UK, stating that she did not have sole parental responsibility for her child but had direct access rights to her child in the UK. It is not clear when those forms were submitted.

       The appellant appealed against that decision. The appeal was listed for hearing in the First-tier Tribunal on 18 July 2022.