If you lose the appeal, you may be able to appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). However, you could only make this appeal on the basis that the First-tier Tribunal’s decision was unlawful, such as if UK immigration law was misinterpreted in the judgement.
Even if you genuinely believe an error of law to have occurred in your case, you would not be able to progress to the Upper Tribunal without first making an application to the First-tier Tribunal requesting ‘permission to appeal’ against its determination.
For this permission to be granted, you would need to demonstrate that the Tribunal judge’s decision arguably made an error of law and that this error materially affected the appeal’s outcome. For example, you might think the judge overlooked crucial evidence or applied the wrong law.
A First-tier Tribunal judge – but not the one who heard the original appeal – will look at this application. However, if they decide you lack a viable case to argue to the Upper Tribunal, you will have unfortunately reached the end of the road in the appeals process. For more information, advice and guidance on this, please call 0208 215 0053 to speak to our immigration solicitors.