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About us
Our purpose is to hear and decide appeals against decisions made by the Home Office in matters of asylum, immigration and nationality.
Appeals are heard by one or more immigration judges and are sometimes accompanied by non legal members of the tribunal. Immigration judges and non legal members are appointed by the Lord Chancellor and form an independent judicial body.
We hear appeals in a number of hearing centres accross the United Kingdom.
The person making the appeal, their representative and a representative from the Home Office will normally attend the hearing. The immigration judge (or panel) will decide whether the appeal against the original decision of the Home Office should be allowed or dismissed. This will be provided in writing and is called a ‘determination’.
In certain circumstances, either side may apply for a reconsideration of the determination. Depending on how the appeal was heard i.e. panel or single immigration judge, will dictate where any applications for reconsideration are to be lodged.
We are part of the Tribunals Service, a service delivery group within the Ministry of Justice.
Following the implementation of the AIT in April 2005, a review of our services was carried out. View the full AIT Review Report (April 2006) 
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