Flr (FM) validity question

[gothical]

Hi,

My brother is a non-eea and entered the UK in 2006 when he was 17 and he has never gone back to his home country since he has been here. His visa expired on January 2016 and since then he has applied for EEA extended family member twice, both was rejected but the final rejection was because he didn't enter the country with my wife as we only go married in 2012.

He applied for FLR(LR) but this was rejected as he was 8 months short of him completing his 10 years and at that time we didn't realise EEA applications don't count for 10 years. Now my question is would us making a case that he has been his entire adult life and completed his bachelor here and has never gone back be a case enough for UKBA to consider for FLR(FM)?

Also, He has two brothers, me and an older brother who is British now. He has 2 nephews whom he visits every month and has pictures of him with them that he takes every time he visits them. He has no relation with our home country hence, never went back since he arrived here.

How can we make a strong enough case for them to consider the case? Any help would be highly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Al

[Casa]

FLR(M) = Further Leave to Remain Marriage.

[gothical]

Oops sorry, I meant FLR(FP). Also, How do it edit the title of the post and my original post?

[Casa]

Assuming you mean a FLR(FP) application outside of the Immigration Rules (Right to Private Life), I suggest you read through the information in this link:
http://righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/humanrights.html

[gothical]

Thank you for the link.

In that case is it better to apply for FLR(HRO) or FLR(FP) based on the first post.

[Casa]

Probably FLR(FP) Right to Private Life, but in my honest opinion an application is unlikely to succeed as he isn't between the ages of 18 - 24 and neither has he spent more than half of his life in the UK.

If you read through the link I posted earlier for you, the issues he is facing will be apparent.