Amjad Ali Chaudhry (appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent)
Tuesday 3 December 2024
The Appellant was a national of Pakistan who entered the UK in 1990 and claimed asylum which was refused and allowed in appeal. The appellant later was naturalised and granted a British passport in this identity. The respondent alleged that on 4 February 1998 the appellant fraudulently obtained a genuine British passport using particulars of a deceased child. The appellant claimed it was his cousin who did this. The appellant appealed the decision dated 23 December 2021 to deprive him of his British Citizenship.
The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) allowed the allowed the appeal finding that the respondent failed to prove that the Appellant obtained his British citizenship by fraud or false representation or concealment of a material fact.
The respondent appealed this decision and the Upper Tribunal set aside the FTT decision and remade the decision dismissing the appeal.
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