article_snippet.sent: The Home Office denied The familyrequest to stay in UK after The family visa expired in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: The family tried to challenge the decision, but a tribunal turned down The family appeal last year.
article_snippet.sent: The family's last chance is to appeal to the Court of Appeal, but The family are unlikely to succeed unless The family can prove that the authorities have made a legal error.
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for the Home Office said: 'On February 6, 2013 The family applied to the Home Office for leave under Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (right to respect for private and family life), this was refused by the Home Office on January 22, 2014. '
article_snippet.sent: The family subsequently lodged an appeal against this refusal.
article_snippet.sent: an appeal against this refusal was dismissed by the First-tier Tribunal, which is independent of the Home Office, on August 26, 2014. '
article_snippet.sent: its decision was subsequently upheld by the Upper Tribunal (also independent of the Home Office) who dismissed an appeal against this refusal on December 17, 2014. '
article_snippet.sent: The family sought permission to appeal to the Court of AppealAppeal, via the Upper Tribunal.
article_snippet.sent: the Upper Tribunal rejected that application on March 19, 2015. '
article_snippet.sent: The family have a further, final, right to appeal direct to the Court of AppealAppeal.'