UNCLASSIFIED
You state in your Appendix 2 form that you met your sponsor in 1982, that your relationship
began in March 2016 and that you meet 3-4 times a year. However, I note that when you
applied to visit your sponsor in September 2016 (application number xxxxxxx) and
November 2016 (application number xxxxxxx) you stated on both occasions that she was
only your friend and did not declare that you were in a relationship, which contradicts your
current statement.
I also note that with your application you have provided a number of photos showing you
and your sponsor together and therefore I am satisfied that you have met. However, apart
from two photos labelled as taken in December 2016, all were made in 2017 and do not
fully demonstrate your relationship since March 2016. I also note here that the vast majority
of the provided online conversations/Facebook records is either undated or covers only
2017.
Finally, while I note from the provided flight tickets that your sponsor regularly visits Bosnia
and Herzegovina every few months, the evidence before me does not demonstrate that she
was actually visiting you specifically as stated.
Four photographs of you and your sponsor, three of which appear to be from facebook with
an electronic date of Sept/Nov 2011 with the 4th photograph undated.
I acknowledge therefore that you have met and that this was established a number of years
ago however they confirm your meeting a number of years ago and with no recent or
ongoing photographs or more significantly communications over the last few years to verify
that the nature of your relationship remains as it appears in these pictures.
Consequently, I am not satisfied that you have demonstrated that your relationship is as
claimed or that you are seeking entry to the UK solely to enable your marriage to take
place. I therefore refuse your application under paragraph EC-P.1.1 (d) of Appendix FM of
the Immigration Rules. (E-ECP.2.
Eligibility Financial Requirement
You meet the eligibility financial requirement of paragraphs E-ECP.3.1. to 3.4.
Eligibility English Language Requirement
You meet the eligibility English language requirement of paragraphs E-ECP.4.1. to 4.2.
Exceptional Circumstances
We have considered, under paragraphs GEN.3.1. and GEN.3.2. of Appendix FM as
applicable, whether there are exceptional circumstances in your case which could or would
render refusal 'a breach of Article 8 of the ECHR because it could or would result in
unjustifiably harsh consequences for you or your family. In so doing we have taken into
account, under paragraph GEN.3.3. of Appendix FM, the best interests of any relevant child
as a primary consideration.
However, based upon the information and/or evidence you have provided we are satisfied
that the minimum income requirement is not met, and we have decided that you do not
