Court of Appeal dismisses appeal concerning the refusal of a Certificate of Travel

In R (KH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 675, the Court of Appeal (Dingemans, Lewis and Snowden LJJ) dismissed an appeal arising from a claim for judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision to refuse the appellant’s application for a “Certificate of Travel”. A Certificate of Travel is a document which, on an application, will be issued to non-UK nationals who have leave to remain in the UK but – for certain reasons – are unable to obtain a travel document from their own national authority. The appeal was brought on grounds of irrationality and breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The judgment is available here.

Matthew Fraser appeared for the Secretary of State, instructed by the Government Legal Department.