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Category Archives: OFMs
Banger: EFMs are Covered by Surinder Singh
In Banger (C-89/17, EU:C:2018:570), the CJEU recently held that the historic decision in Surinder Singh (C-370/90, EU:C:1992:296) applies to an extended family member (EFM) and where an EU citizen returns to his member state of origin it must facilitate the … Continue reading
Free Movement: Home Office Softens its Stance on Retained Rights of Residence
Baigazieva v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1088 (20 April 2018) In this case the Home Office extraordinarily conceded that for a third country national to retain residence rights in the UK under article 13(2)(a) … Continue reading
Appeal Rights and EFMs: The Opinion in Banger
AG Bobek’s Opinion, SSHD v Rozanne Banger C‑89/17, ECLI:EU:C:2018:225 Appeal rights in a hostile environment are a profoundly important question. In the case of Banger (Unmarried Partner of British National: South Africa) [2017] UKUT 125 (IAC) a series of questions were referred to … Continue reading
Appeal Rights and EFMs: The End of Sala
Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1755 (09 November 2017) Appeal rights in a hostile environment are a hotly debated topic in immigration law. Enforcement officials are notorious for denying appeal rights … Continue reading
Deceptive Criminal from Sierra Leone Triumphs on Citizens’ Directive in Court of Appeal
R (Decker) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1752 (03 November 2017) These judicial review proceedings relate to the refusal of a residence card and the right approach to the validity of deportation … Continue reading
Other Family Members: The Rationale
The last post had shed a little bit of light on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in relation to six questions which were referred to it by the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) in MR … Continue reading
CJEU: Re Other Family Members
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Islam & Anor [2012] EUECJ C-83/11 (05 September 2012) Lamenting that it was “unfortunate” that the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (“the regulations”, which transpose Directive 2004/38/EC or the “Citizens Directive” … Continue reading
Guidelines for Other Family Members
In the case of MR & Ors (EEA extended family members) Bangladesh [2010] UKUT 449 (IAC), where an Irish national had sponsored her Bangladeshi in-laws to live with her family in Northern Ireland, Mr Justice Blake (Blake J) – the … Continue reading

