Amarasekera v Minister for Immigration

In *Amarasekera v Minister for Immigration*, the applicant sought judicial review of a decision made by the Minister for Immigration. The core of the dispute concerned the lawfulness of the Minister's decision to refuse to grant the applicant a visa.

The Federal Circuit Court was required to determine whether the Minister's decision was affected by jurisdictional error. Specifically, the court had to consider whether the delegate of the Minister, in assessing the applicant's eligibility for the visa, had failed to take into account relevant considerations or had taken into account irrelevant considerations, thereby vitiating the decision-making process.

Judge Lucev reasoned that the delegate had properly considered the relevant criteria for the visa application. The court found that the delegate's assessment of the applicant's circumstances, including their employment history and financial capacity, was a rational and permissible evaluation of the evidence before them. Consequently, there was no jurisdictional error in the decision-making process.

The application was dismissed, and the applicant was ordered to pay the first respondent's costs in the sum of $650. Reasons for the judgment were to be published from Chambers.