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This is a reminder of two important but separate legal cases which can reply upon when preparing an application bundle.

The Supreme Court in Mahad (previously referred to as AM) (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] UKSC 16 has found that for applications under the Immigration rules r.281, r.297 and r.317, when considering whether the applicant can maintain themselves without recourse to public funds, it was acceptable to take third party financial support into account.

The Tribunal in NO (Post, Study Work, award needed by date of application) Nigeria [2009] UKAIT 00054, found that for post study worker applications under immigration rule 245Z, the applicant must have been awarded the requisite qualification in respect of which points are claimed by the date of the application.