Amarjit Singh (Migration)

[2024] AATA 3849

Amarjit Singh (Migration) [2024] AATA 3849 (23 September 2024)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr  Amarjit Singh
Mrs Neelam Devi

REPRESENTATIVE:  Mr Arun Bansal (MARN: 2418466)

CASE NUMBER:  2421289

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2023/6414345

MEMBER:Glen Cranwell

DATE:23 September 2024

PLACE OF DECISION:  Brisbane

DECISION:The Tribunal remits the applications for Temporary Activity (Class GG) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant and the second named applicant meet the following criteria for a Subclass 408 visa:

·Regulation 2.03AA(2)

Statement made on 23 September 2024 at 8:54am

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Temporary Activity (Class GG) visa – Subclass 408 (Temporary Activity) – criminal history statement – certificates from Australia and home country provided – member of family unit – decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 2.03AA(1), (2)(a), Schedule 4, cls 408.216, 408.317

STATEMENT OF DECISION AND REASONS

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW

1. This is an application for review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs to refuse to grant the applicants Temporary Activity (Class GG) visas under s 65 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (the Act).

2. The applicants applied for the visas on 7 November 2023. The criteria for a Temporary Activity (Class GG) visa are set out in Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) (the Regulations). Additional criteria are prescribed in Division 2.1 of Part 2 of the Regulations.

3. Regulation 2.03AA of the Regulations applies where a person is required to satisfy Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4001 or 4002: reg 2.03AA(1). In this case, cl 408.216 and cl.408.317 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations require the first named applicant and the second named applicant (respectively) to meet PIC 4001. The applicants are therefore required to satisfy the criterion in reg 2.03AA(2).

4. Regulation 2.03AA(2)(a) requires that, if requested, the applicant has provided a statement from a relevant authority in a country where the person resides or has resided that provides evidence about whether or not the person has a criminal history. Regulation 2.03AA(2)(b) requires that, if requested, the applicant has provided a completed approved Form 80. The Tribunal may waive the requirement in reg 2.03AA(2)(a) if it is not reasonable for the applicant to provide the statement: reg 2.03AA(3). The Tribunal cannot waive the requirement for the applicant to provide a completed Form 80.

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas on 1 July 2024 on the basis that the applicant did not meet reg 2.03AA because the applicants had not provided a statement in the form of a Police Clearance Certificate from an appropriate authority.

6. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has concluded that the matter should be remitted for reconsideration.

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

7. The issue in this case is whether the applicants have provided a statement by an appropriate authority that provides evidence about whether or not the person has a criminal history.

   Has the applicant provided a statement from an appropriate authority?

8. The first named applicant provided Police Clearance Certificates from the Australian Federal Police dated 29 January 2024 and India dated 11 June 2024.

9. The second named applicant provided Police Clearance Certificates from the Australian Federal Police dated 23 January 2024 and India dated 11 June 2024.

10. The applicants have provided a statement from an appropriate authority and therefore meets reg 2.03AA(2)(a).

    Conclusion

11. There is no evidence that the delegate made a request for the applicants to provide a completed approved Form 80, therefore the requirement in reg 2.03AA(2) (b) does not apply.

12. On the basis of the above findings, the applicants meet reg 2.03AA(2).

    DECISION

13. The Tribunal remits the applications for Temporary Activity (Class GG) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant and the second named applicant meet the following criteria for a Subclass 408 visa:

    ·Regulation 2.03AA(2).