The applicant requested international protection in Norway in 2015. In February 2017, the applicant was granted a temporary residence permit on the grounds that he was an unaccompanied minor from Afghanistan who could not be returned without adult caregivers. The permit was limited and was renewed with reservations in June 2019. 

In March 2021, the applicant was informed by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) that his residence permit may be revoked owing to knowledge that his father and grandfather were nationals of Pakistan, from whom he had derived Pakistani citizenship. On 9 October 2022, the Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) revoked the applicant's residence permit under Section 63 of the Immigration Act, citing fraud, as the applicant had failed to disclose matters of material significance to the administrative decision.

The applicant filed an appeal before the Oslo District Court, which upheld UNEs revocation decision. Following an overall assessment of the evidence, the court determined that it is likely that the applicant had derived Pakistani citizenship from his father and grandfather, and that he had withheld this information despite his better knowledge, both that he is only an Afghan citizen and that he was alone in the sense that he had no careers. The court noted that the applicant did not disclose this information to the Norwegian authorities until they gradually revealed the factual situation, which included that he was registered as citizen of Pakistan with his own Computerized National Identity number in the National Database & Registration Authority, as confirmed by Pakistan's authorities. The court determined that the concealed and erroneous facts played a substantial role in the decision on the temporary residence permit and explained that the applicant was granted a temporary residence permit on the grounds that he was an Afghan citizen with no legal presence in Pakistan and no carers, which was not the case, and hence the judgment was declared valid. The court stated that whether or not the applicant was also an Afghan citizen was irrelevant to its determination.