Home Office Withdraws Spouse Extension Refusal

Alex Papasotiriou and Alexandra Pease, working together with Olivia Waddell and our experienced team of legal associates, have achieved another successful result on behalf of a client of Richmond Chambers. She had entered the UK as a partner (spouse) and made an extension application. We were instructed at the immigration appeal stage. The matter progressed through the immigration appeal process and was ultimately successful.

Background to the Case

Our client appealed under section 82(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 against the decision of the Respondent, dated 16 April 2021, to refuse the human rights claim of the Appellant for leave to remain in the UK under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules as the partner of a person with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The Appellant appealed on the grounds that the Respondent's decision was unlawful under section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998, because it disproportionately interfered with