Amaka is experienced in all aspects of immigration and human rights law.  She
remains committed to refugee law.  She appears at all levels of the Asylum and
Immigration Tribunal, including the Court of Appeal.
Here Amaka discusses the Appendix Private Life, which relates to applications
made after 20 th June 2022. She outlines further changes made in 2025, which
expands the grant of settlement for children and young adults. She then goes
on to outline different kinds of applicants, and what must be demonstrated to
decision makers to obtain settlement.

Key words/topics:
Appendix Private Life
Children and young adults
Routes to settlement
Section 55 of the Borders Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009
Application requirements
Suitability
Paragraphs S-LTR.1.2. to S-LTR.2.2. and S-LTR.3.1. to S-LTR.4.5. of Appendix FM
of the Immigration Rules.
Reasonableness test and evidence
AB Jamaica - Secretary of State for the Home Department v AB (Jamaica) &
Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 661
Adult applicants
Continuity of residence
Residence broken by absences
20 year residence
Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 416
Very significant obstacles to re-integration in the returning country.

Article 8 Applicants