An (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application for a Subclass 500 (Student) visa. The applicants sought review of a decision concerning the requirement for adequate health insurance for the relevant period of their stay in Australia.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicants had provided sufficient evidence to satisfy the health insurance criterion for the visa. This involved assessing the adequacy of the arrangements for health insurance for the duration of the visa application.

The Tribunal found that new evidence had been presented which satisfied the health insurance criterion for the first named applicant. Consequently, the Tribunal remitted the application for reconsideration, directing that the first named applicant met the criterion under cl.500.215 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations. The second named applicant's application was to be reconsidered in light of this determination.