Introduction and immigration history
1. The appellant is a citizen of Jamaica who was born on 2 August 2001. He remains a minor. His sponsor, CM, is his maternal aunt. She is a British citizen and resident in London. She applied on the appellant’s behalf for entry clearance to enable her nephew to join her in the United Kingdom. The application was refused by the entry clearance officer in Sheffield and, on review, by the entry clearance manager. Those decisions were made respectively on 14 October 2015 and 8 August 2016. The appellant appealed on the ground available to him, namely, that the decision was unlawful as incompatible with s . 6 of the H uman R ights Act 1998 and A rticle 8 of the ECHR.
- Introduction and immigration history
- The facts
- Adoption
- The prohibition upon entry on those whose adoptions are not recognised in the
- to the prohibition
- The Immigration Rules
- Requirements for limited leave to enter the United Kingdom with a view to settlement as a child for adoption
- Limited leave to enter the United Kingdom with a view to settlement as a child for adoption
- ’s decision
- The error of law
- The significance of the Regulations
- doption and the Immigration Rules
- has…broken his ties…with his family of origin’
- Our re-evaluation of the First-tier Tribunal’s determination
- The Rule 24 response
- What was the intended outcome?
- DECISION
- Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005/392
- Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005/389 (as amended)
- Stage 1 – the pre-assessment process
- Stage 2 – the assessment decision