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Rajiv Sharma

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Rajiv is a Barrister who specialises in Immigration, Asylum and Administrative Law with a particular emphasis on Human Rights. Rajiv regularly appears before both tiers of the Tribunal system as well as the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal. Notable Cases: Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1755 Alladin, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1334 Sarkar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 195 Secretary of State for the Home Department v Suckoo [2016] EWCA Civ 39 Singh (India) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 362 Harding, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 358 (Admin) Patel R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (duration of leave ' policy) (IJR) [2015] UKUT 561

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2008

1 Contributions by Rajiv Sharma

Deception, False Representations and Non-disclosure under the UK Immigration Rules (Part Suitability): Refusals, Cancellation, Re-entry Bans, Evidence, MTR and Routes to Challenge
PRACTICE NOTES
Deception, False Representations and Non-disclosure under the UK Immigration Rules (Part Suitability): Refusals, Cancellation, Re-entry Bans, Evidence, MTR and Routes to Challenge
This Practice Note examines the usual suitability reasons for refusal and cancellation under the Immigration Rules, Part Suitability, including false representations, false information, false documents, relevant non‑disclosure, and the connected ground of deception. It also offers practical pointers on contesting refusals made on suitability grounds. See: Suitability grounds for refusal and re-entry bans—overview for details of the full replacement of the former Part 9 of the Immigration Rules by Part Suitability from 11 November 2025... Deception and false representations grounds Mandatory (Deception) and discretionary (False representations, etc) refusal grounds for current applications There is a mandatory basis to refuse entry clearance or permission where the decision‑maker is satisfied the applicant used deception by: making false representations, or supplying false documents or false information in relation to the application (whether or not it is relevant to the application), or failing to disclose relevant facts in relation to the application This ground, set out at para SUI 9.1, appears under the heading ‘Deception grounds’...
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