# IMMIGRATION APPEAL LETTER
Date: 2 November 2029
Parties: Luca Marino and the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
## 1. People, purpose and legal route
To the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber): I, Luca Marino, appeal the Home Office refusal dated 18 October 2029 of my application for leave to remain as the partner of Sofia Grant. My Home Office reference is HO-771920 and my current address is 44 Kingfisher Road, Cambridge CB4 2HA.
## 2. Facts, scope and supporting evidence
The refusal says the financial requirement was not met because Sofia's self-employed income was excluded and says the relationship evidence was insufficient. I understand that a right of appeal must be checked against the decision notice; where the route is administrative review or reconsideration rather than an appeal, this letter must be adapted and sent to the correct decision-maker.
## 3. Requests, duties and safeguards
The financial ground is wrong: Sofia's SA302, tax year overview, business accounts and bank statements show gross income of £34,800 for the relevant period, above the applicable Appendix FM threshold. The decision appears not to have considered the enclosed evidence or invited clarification of a discrepancy.
## 4. Records, review and communication
Our relationship is genuine and subsisting. We have lived together in Cambridge since April 2025, share a tenancy and utilities, and have supplied photographs, messages, travel records and statements from family. Removal would interfere with our family life under Article 8 ECHR; proportionality and any applicable EX.1 or human-rights route must be assessed rather than assumed.
## 5. Time limits, escalation and outcome
I enclose the decision, application, refusal reasons, chronology, witness statements and indexed evidence bundle. I request permission to rely on translated documents and reserve the right to supplement evidence by the tribunal directions. I will notify the Tribunal of any change of address and comply with hearing directions.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
I ask that the appeal be allowed, the decision be withdrawn or the matter be remitted as the Tribunal considers lawful. This is not a request to ignore immigration rules; it is a challenge to material errors. Appeal and administrative-review deadlines are strict, and this letter does not itself extend them; I have sought specialist immigration advice.
## 7. England and Wales law and signature
Please record this appeal in accordance with the Tribunal's prescribed procedure and confirm any fee, form or hearing step required. England and Wales law and applicable Immigration Rules govern the decision. Signed by Luca Marino on 2 November 2029.