Wen Wei & Ting Ting v Minister for Justice & anor

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána
Court/s:Court of Appeal, Supreme Court
Nature of Proceedings:Appeal
Judgment Date/s:19 Dec 2024
Judge:Woulfe, S., Hogan, G., O’Donnell
Category:Immigration law
Keywords:Border control, Entry (Refusal of), Non-EU National, Refusal of leave to land, Student, Visa
Country of Origin:Malaysia
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/d56fd777-f75b-4b75-a57c-14e76b9e95c0/[2024]_IESC__58_Woulfe%20J.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts: The appellants were two Malaysian nationals who sought permission to land and enter the State at Cork Airport in December 2020 in order to start an English language course in January 2021. They were refused permission to land because the course was to be conducted online and not in person. This decision was made at the time of the … Read More

Principles:The reference to public policy in the refusal of leave to land ground under section 4(3)(j), Immigration Act 2004 should be understood as distinct from national security and as granting wide discretion to the Minister.
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Rana & Ali v Minister for Justice

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Respondent/Defendant:Sangeeta Rana, Lehrasib Ali
Court/s:Supreme Court
Citation/s:[2024] IESC 46
Nature of Proceedings:Appeal
Judgment Date/s:18 Oct 2024
Judge:O’Malley, I., Dunne, E, Hogan, G., Collins, M., Donnelly A.
Category:Residence
Keywords:Free Movement, Good character, Regularisation, Residence Permit, Student, Union Citizen
Country of Origin:India, Pakistan
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/8c4be3d7-0c16-4132-bbcc-d5aa817f2816/2024_IESC_46.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts: Ms Rana and Mr Ali were in Ireland on student permissions. Upon their expiration, they each entered into what were later held to be marriages of convenience with EU citizens. They both held residence permissions in the State as spouses of EU citizens. Their permissions were both respectively revoked. Ms. Rana’s was revoked for entering into a marriage of … Read More

Principles:When assessing applications under the Special Scheme for Students and the good character and conduct criteria, it is not necessary for the decision-maker to reassess a question of gravity where a previous permission had been revoked for reasons relating to a marriage of convenience. In giving reasons, it is sufficient for a decision-maker to state that they have considered all the material before them, unless there is some evidence-based reasons for thinking otherwise.
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Mukovska v Minister for Justice and Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Mukovska v Minister for Justice and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice, Ireland and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Court/s:Court of Appeal
Citation/s:[2021] IECA 340
Nature of Proceedings:Appeal
Judgment Date/s:21 Dec 2021
Judge:Hunt T.
Category:Visa
Keywords:Overstay(er), Student, Visa
Country of Origin:Ukraine
URL:https://www.courts.ie/view/judgments/a9a730a3-241c-48e9-adc7-f17c36a9ff06/e49c3743-7700-4e03-ab81-ce2e2e582c46/2021_IECA_340%20(Unapproved).pdf/pdf

Facts: The appellant, a Ukrainian national, applied for a student visa for Ireland to attend an English language course. The visa application was refused on the grounds of, inter alia, insufficient finances and that the need to undertake the course was not demonstrated or warranted. The appellant’s appeal was also refused. The Appeal Officer’s refusal cited an additional reason for … Read More

Principles:Reasons, even if terse, short-form, broad and/or general, must nonetheless disclose the essential rationale of a decision, whether it is discretionary, or concerned with a benefit or privilege rather than a right or obligation. The level of detail that must be set out in reasons is dependent on and influenced by the nature of the decision in each case.
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Luximon v Minister for Justice and Equality

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and Equality
Court/s:Supreme Court
Citation/s:[2018] IESC 24
Nature of Proceedings:Appeal/Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:24 Apr 2018
Judge:MacMenamin J
Category:Immigration law
Keywords:Immigration, Migrant, Student
Country of Origin:Mauritius
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/8a2e522b-f438-4344-963a-7247640c9911/2018_IESC_24_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Other

Facts: The applicants were Mauritian citizens who came to Ireland lawfully on student permissions which were renewed periodically from time to time for several years. In 2011 the government adopted a new policy which placed a maximum time limit on how long students could remain in the State. The applicants subsequently applied to the Minister for a change of status … Read More

Principles:The Minister was obliged to consider constitutional and ECHR rights when deciding an application to vary permission under section 4(7) of the Immigration Act 2004.
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Rughoonauth v Minister for Justice and Equality (No.2)

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and Equality
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2017] IEHC 241
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:24 Apr 2017
Category:Residence
Keywords:Deportation, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Immigration, Non-national, Residence, Student
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/cb16d5cf-2121-4204-954c-7e3966b4afde/2017_IEHC_241_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Other

Facts: The applicants were students from Mauritius who entered the State on student permissions in 2008 which were renewed for over four years but then expired and the applicants thereafter remained in the State without permission. The Minister made deportation orders against them which rejected their assertions that they had acquired private life rights in the State by reason of … Read More

Principles:

Non-nationals who are resident in the State on student permissions should not be regarded as settled migrants.

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WS v Minister for Justice and Equality

Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice and Equality
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2017] IEHC 128
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:23 Feb 2017
Judge:O'Regan M.
Category:Residence
Keywords:Deportation Order, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Family Life (Right to), Immigration, Non-national, Residence, Student, Visa
Country of Origin:Malaysia
URL:http://courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/0/36BBA683D8E20E90802580F0005A4B79
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts:  The applicant was a Malaysian citizen who arrived initially in Ireland in 2007 with his wife. They had secured a visitors’ permission to remain for 90 days, however they outstayed this period by approximately 2 years when they returned to Malaysia in 2009. In July 2009 the applicant secured a 1 year valid student visa and his wife and … Read More

Principles:

The conditions attached to a student visa did not preclude such a person from being considered to be a settled migrant for the period for which they have permission.

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Luximon v Minister for Justice

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice
Citation/s:[2016] IECA 382
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:15 Dec 2016
Judge:Finlay Geoghegan J.
Category:Residence
Keywords:Immigration, Protection (International), Regularisation, Residence, Residence Permit, Student
Country of Origin:Mauritius
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/8fa3faf7-d874-4a36-914c-4354fad01088/2016_IECA_382_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Other

Facts: The applicant was a Mauritian citizen who came to Ireland in July 2006 on an student permission. This permission was renewed  from time to time until June 2012. In October 2012 she applied for a change of status to regularise her position in the State, which would effectively allow her continue to reside in Ireland without the requirement that … Read More

Principles:

The decision in Luximon confirms that the provisions of the Irish Constitution regarding private and family life rights and similar rights under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights must be considered by the Minister when assessing an application for change of immigration status under section 4(7) of the Immigration Act 2004.

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Balchand v Minister for Justice

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Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice
Citation/s:[2016] IECA 383
Nature of Proceedings:Appeal
Judgment Date/s:15 Dec 2016
Judge:Finlay Geoghegan J.
Category:Residence
Keywords:Immigration, Regularisation, Residence, Residence Permit, Student
Country of Origin:Mauritius
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/e23dd69e-8b80-4b5e-955e-6b6522fde01e/2016_IECA_383_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Other

Facts: The first named applicant was a Mauritian national who arrived in the State on the 7 December 2006 and was granted an immigration permission on student conditions (generally referred to as “stamp 2” conditions or permission). He married the second named applicant, who was also a Mauritian national, and shortly thereafter she also arrived in the State and was … Read More

Principles:

The decision in Luximon confirms that the provisions of the Irish Constitution regarding private and family life rights and similar rights under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights must be considered by the Minister when assessing an application for change of immigration status under section 4(7) of the Immigration Act 2004.

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