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Challenging an Unproved False-Document Allegation
An allegation about money-transfer slips threatened a family-permit application. We examined what the verification report actually proved and rebuilt the picture of genuine support.
Immigration Appeal
United Kingdom
Mr. F.
2022
Executive summary
Mr. F.’s refusal relied on an allegation that earlier remittance slips were false. The verification material was brief and incomplete. We challenged its reliability alongside presenting substantial evidence of support and accommodation. The tribunal found the allegation unproved and allowed the appeal.
The factual background
The historical EEA family-permit case turned on dependency and an accusation concerning earlier MoneyGram records. The respondent relied on a late verification report.
The evidence before the tribunal did not include material showing precisely what the unnamed verifier had checked. Transfer documents said to be attached to the report were missing.
The issue at the heart of the case
The case required two connected arguments: whether the respondent had proved the accusation, and whether the client had established the underlying dependency. Answering only one would have left the other issue unresolved.
The tribunal found that the respondent had not produced sufficiently cogent evidence to establish that the disputed slips were false.
How the matter was approached
Examine the verification
We tested the report’s detail, provenance and supporting material.
Identify the missing evidence
We drew attention to the absence of the transfer documents and records said to support the allegation.
Prove genuine support
We relied on later financial support and accommodation evidence.
Explain the sponsor’s resources
Savings and overseas rental income helped explain how the sponsor could support the client despite modest UK earnings.
The result and its limits
Appeal allowed; the allegation was not proved.
The tribunal allowed the appeal in November 2022. The historical register records a visa copy from March 2023. An £80 appeal fee award was made, while a separate application for wasted costs exceeding £6,000 was refused.
The finding was that the allegation had not been proved. It was not a finding that the Home Office knowingly made a false accusation, and this was not a re-entry-ban appeal.
What this case illustrates
Test the accusation
A serious allegation needs evidence capable of supporting it.
Keep proving the application
Challenging an accusation should accompany a coherent case on eligibility.
State the remedy precisely
An appeal fee award is different from recovery of all legal costs.
Client names and identifying details have been withheld. This account is based on tribunal determination reviewed. Where the result could not be verified, that limitation is stated. Historical rules may differ from those applying today. Past results do not guarantee a future outcome.
Appeal allowed
Tribunal determination reviewed
Mr. F.
2022
Immigration Appeal
ST-039
Ban / Deception / Re-entry Ban
SD-012 · DB-025
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