Singaram (appellant) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent)
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Appeal the decision of Dexter Dias KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Administrative Court, refusing permission to apply for judicial review after an oral hearing on 1 March 2024.
The applicant claims that he is an experienced IT professional, having worked as an executive in the IT industry in India for the past 10 years. He wished to develop his career by pursuing a Master’s degree in Management Studies in the UK with a view to securing a job in project management.
The applicant had leave to enter the UK as a student. He also worked at Tesco and claimed to be undertaking training at a corner store. The applicant was initially detained and has his leave to enter cancelled as he was found to be in breach of a condition of his visa limiting employment to 20 hours per week in term-time.
The Admin Court found that it was reasonably open to the SSHD to conclude that the applicant’s account was inconsistent, unreliable and improbable. Further, it was reasonably open to the SSHD to conclude that the applicant was working in excess of his 20-hour weekly permitted visa condition limit and it was reasonably open to the SSHD to decide to cancel his leave to enter as a student.
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