R (Fatima Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement — Right to reside — Third-country national claimant entering United Kingdom as child of EU citizen mother and obtaining residence card — Claimant subsequently reaching age of 21 and ceasing to be dependent on mother — Claimant applying for pre-settled status under EU Settlement Scheme during transition period for United Kingdom’s withdrawal from EU — Application refused on basis claimant neither under 21 nor dependent — Whether EU Settlement Scheme correctly reflecting Withdrawal Agreement — Whether claimant’s right to reside conditional upon continuing dependency — Whether refusal of claimant’s application irrational — Immigration Rules, Appendix EU — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, art 17(2) — Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC, arts 2(2), 7(2), 14(2)

[2023] EWHC 1615 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 1409; [2023] WLR(D) 404, KBD

Legislation Considered

Statutory Instruments

Immigration Rules, Appendix EU

EU Enactments

Directive 2004/38/EC (Parliament and Council), arts 2(2), 7(2), 14(2)

Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, art 17(2)

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: R (Fatima Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1615 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 1409; [2023] WLR(D) 404, KBD

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (Fatima Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1615 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 1409; [2023] WLR(D) 404, KBD

Alarape v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Case C-529/11); EU:C:2013:290; [2013] 1 WLR 2883; [2014] All ER (EC) 470; [2013] 3 CMLR 38; [2013] Imm AR 752; [2013] INLR 542; [2013] WLR (D) 168, ECJ

Balogun v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 414, CA

Basfar v Wong [2022] UKSC 20; [2023] AC 33; [2022] 3 WLR 208; [2022] ICR 1255; [2022] 4 All ER 1; [2022] WLR(D) 305, SC(E)

CG v Department for Communities in Northern Ireland (Case C-709/20); EU:C:2021:602; EU:C:2021:515; [2021] 1 WLR 5919; [2021] WLR(D) 398, ECJ (GC)

Coman v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări (Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării intervening) (Case C-673/16); EU:C:2018:385; EU:C:2018:2; [2019] 1 WLR 425; [2018] 2 FLR 1253; [2018] WLR (D) 333, ECJ

Dano v Jobcenter Leipzig (Case C-333/13); EU:C:2014:2358; [2015] 1 WLR 2519; [2015] All ER (EC) 1; [2014] WLR (D) 477, ECJ

Jia v Migrationsverket (Case C-1/05); EU:C:2007:1; [2007] QB 545; [2007] 2 WLR 1005; [2007] All ER (EC) 575, ECJ

Jobcenter Berlin Neukölln v Alimanovic (Case C-67/14); EU:C:2015:597; [2016] QB 308; [2016] 2 WLR 208; [2015] WLR (D) 384, ECJ

Matadeen v Pointu [1999] 1 AC 98; [1998] 3 WLR 18, PC

Oboh v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1525; [2014] 1 WLR 1680; [2013] WLR (D) 452, CA

Ogieriakhi v Minister for Justice and Equality (Case C-244/13); EU:C:2014:2068; [2014] 1 WLR 3823; [2014] WLR (D) 307, ECJ

Onuekwere v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Case C-378/12); EU:C:2014:13; [2014] 1 WLR 2420; [2014] WLR (D) 7, ECJ

R (HC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (AIRE Centre intervening) [2017] UKSC 73; [2019] AC 845; [2017] 3 WLR 1486; [2018] 2 All ER 1; [2017] WLR (D) 761; Case details, SC(E)

R (Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 817; [2023] WLR(D) 6, KBD

R (Nouazli) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 16; [2016] 1 WLR 1565; [2016] 4 All ER 720; [2016] 3 CMLR 17; [2016] HRLR 11; [2016] INLR 460; [2016] WLR (D) 220; Case details, SC(E)

Revenue and Customs Comrs v Anson [2015] UKSC 44; [2015] 4 All ER 288; [2015] STC 1777; [2015] CN 1112; Case details, SC(E)

Reyes v Migrationsverket (Case C-423/12); EU:C:2013:719; EU:C:2014:16; [2014] QB 1140; [2014] 3 WLR 1101; [2014] WLR (D) 6, ECJ

SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer (Case C-129/18); EU:C:2019:248; EU:C:2019:140; [2019] 1 WLR 5505; [2019] WLR(D) 182, ECJ

SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer [2018] UKSC 9; [2018] 1 WLR 1035; [2018] 3 All ER 177; [2018] WLR (D) 91; Case details, SC(E)

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Dias (Case C-325/09); EU:C:2011:498; [2012] All ER (EC) 199, ECJ

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Rahman (Case C-83/11); EU:C:2012:519; EU:C:2012:174; [2013] QB 249; [2013] 2 WLR 230; [2012] WLR (D) 259, ECJ

Singh v Minister for Justice and Equality (Immigrant Council of Ireland intervening) (Case C-218/14); EU:C:2015:306; EU:C:2015:476; [2016] QB 208; [2015] 3 WLR 1311; [2015] WLR (D) 312, ECJ

Ziolkowski v Land Berlin (Joined Cases C-424/10 and C-425/10); (Joined cases C-424/10 and C-425/10); EU:C:2011:866; [2014] All ER (EC) 314; [2011] WLR (D) 387, ECJ

Commentary

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