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             The appellant appeals with permission a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Judge of the First-tier Tribunal Rhys-Davies) refusing her human rights (article 8) appeal. The decision was sent to the parties on 13 December 2022.
             The appellant is a national of the Philippines and aged 70. She secured entry clearance as a visitor on 25 October 2019 and entered this country on 31 October 2019. She enjoyed leave to enter until 25 April 2020 and then overstayed. An application for leave to remain as an adult dependent relative was made on 21 July 2020. By his decision dated 25 November 2020, the respondent refused the application under and outside the Immigration Rules.
             The appeal was heard by the First-tier Tribunal as a CVP hearing on 1 November 2022. The appellant was unrepresented. She was assisted by her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Heathfield.
             By his rule 24 response, the respondent confirmed:
'2. The respondent accepts that the Judge erred in law by attaching weight to the appellant's use of the NHS when considering factors which were to be weighed in the public interest. Moreover, the respondent accepts that the Judge should have brought to the unrepresented appellant's attention the insufficiencies in the medical and financial evidence she produced and provided her with an opportunity to rectify that.
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