FARAZ RAZA ANSARI v MARJAN FATIMA ANSARI & CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER & MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE & PROSPER KAMBARAMI & ATTORNEY-GENERAL

HH 582-25

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

2 October 2025

Citation

HH 582-25

Neutral Citation

[2025] ZWHH 582

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J

Full Bench

CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J

Areas of Law

Immigration lawConstitutional law

Keywords

permanent residence permitspousal residence permitmarriage dissolutioncancellationdependency

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"What are the rights bestowed to a spouse who is granted a permanent residence permit on the basis of a marriage to a Zimbabwean citizen?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"First applicant obtained permit through marriage"}
{"issue_text":"Do those rights fall away due to a dissolution of the marriage by divorce?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Marriage dissolved by divorce"}
{"issue_text":"Can such person marry a foreign woman and that woman be granted a residence permit on the basis of the spouse's permit granted or issued on the basis of a marriage to a Zimbabwean woman?","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"First applicant remarried foreign national and sought dependent permit"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

First applicant, a Pakistani national, obtained permanent residence permit through marriage to Zimbabwean citizen. After divorce, he remarried a Pakistani woman (second applicant) and sought to obtain dependent residence permit for her. Respondents cancelled his permanent residence permit on basis that marriage had dissolved.

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