Bokqui (Appellant) v Secretary Of State For The Home Department (Respondent)
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Issue: whether the requirement of lawful residence for most of the Appellant’s life in Exception 1 in Section 117C(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is negated if that residence is later found to have been obtained by deception, because the application was made using a false identity, and whether that means that the residence was not lawful.
Permission to appeal was granted in part on the issue of whether the requirement in the Exceptions in Section 117C of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 for lawful residence in Exception 1(a) cannot be met where residence that initially appeared to be lawful was in fact obtained by deception, because it was sought using a false identity. This affects whether the Appellant has been lawfully resident for most of his life for the purposes of Exception 1(a).