Daga (Migration)

[2022] AATA 627

Daga (Migration) [2022] AATA 627 (8 March 2022)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANT:  Ms Evangeline Guillermo Daga

REPRESENTATIVE:  Mr Harshdeep Singh (MARN: 1577093)

CASE NUMBER:  2119312

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2021/180343

MEMBER:Anne Grant

DATE:8 March 2022

PLACE OF DECISION:  Melbourne

DECISION:The Tribunal remits the application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa for reconsideration, with the direction that the applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa:

·PIC 4005(1) for the purposes of cl 600.213(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Statement made on 08 March 2022 at 2:29pm

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION – Visitor (Class FA) visa – Subclass 600 (Visitor) – health criteria – medical assessment results provided upon review – decision under review remitted       

LEGISLATION

Migration Act 1958, s 65
Migration Regulations 1994, Schedule 2, cl 600.213; Schedule 4, Public Interest Criterion 4005

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 on 26 November 2021 to refuse to grant the applicant a Visitor (Class FA) visa under s 65 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (the Act).

2. The applicant applied for the visa on 30 January 2021. The delegate refused to grant the visa on the basis that the applicant did not satisfy cl 600.213(1) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) (the Regulations) because the health criteria in Public Interest Criterion (‘PIC’) 4005 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations was not met.

3. The Tribunal considers that a hearing was not necessary in this review as it could make a favourable decision on the information before it.

4. The applicant was represented in relation to the review.

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

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

6. The issue in this review is whether the visa applicant meets Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4005 as required by the criteria for the grant of the visa. Public Interest Criterion 4005, as it applies to this case, is extracted in the attachment to this decision. It requires the applicant, in certain circumstances, to undergo medical assessment, and to be free of certain diseases or conditions that may impact on the community. The applicant in this case had not undergone a medical assessment and been determined free of relevant diseases by the time that the delegate made their decision.   The department had written to the applicant on 29 June 2021 and 6 September 2021 advising her that she was required to undertake medical examinations for the purposes of meeting the requirements for the grant of the visa. 

   Has the applicant undertaken a medical assessment (PIC 4005(1)(aa))?

7. Public Interest Criterion 4005(1)(aa) requires that if the applicant is in a specified class of persons, he or she must undertake the specified medical assessment and be assessed by a specified person unless a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth (MOC) decides otherwise. The relevant class of persons and assessments are specified in IMMI15/144.

8. As an applicant for a visa seeking a temporary stay in Australia of six months or more and from a country not listed in Column A of the Table in Schedule 2 of the Instrument, the applicant is required to undergo a medical examination and a chest X-ray as specified in Column C of the same Table.

9. Whilst the applicant had not undertaken the necessary medical examination and chest X-ray at the time of the delegate’s decision, information before the Tribunal reflects that the applicant underwent the necessary tests on 10 February 2022.   

10. According to departmental (ICSE) records before the Tribunal, the applicant’s ‘Event status’ as at 11 February 2022 reflects that she has finalised the health requirement and the Qualifier status reflects that she is “Recommend Cleared”.

11. For these reasons the Tribunal is satisfied that the requirements in PIC 4005(1)(aa) are met. 

12. Given the findings above, the appropriate course is for the Tribunal to remit the matter to the Minister for reconsideration of the remaining criteria for the visa.

    DECISION

13. The Tribunal remits the application for a Visitor (Class FA) visa for reconsideration, with the direction that the applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 600 (Visitor) visa:

    ·PIC 4005(1) for the purposes of cl 600.213(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

    Anne Grant
    Member

    
    
    

    ATTACHMENT

    Migration Regulations 1994

    Schedule 4

    4005(1)         The applicant:

    (aa)if the applicant is in a class of persons specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph:

    (i)must undertake any medical assessment specified in the instrument; and

    (ii)must be assessed by the person specified in the instrument;

    unless a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth decides otherwise; and

    (ab)must comply with any request by a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth to undertake a medical assessment; and

    (a)is free from tuberculosis; and

    (b)is free from a disease or condition that is, or may result in the applicant being, a threat to public health in Australia or a danger to the Australian community; and

    (c)is free from a disease or condition in relation to which:

    (i)a person who has it would be likely to:

    (A)require health care or community services; or

    (B)meet the medical criteria for the provision of a community service;

    during the period described in subclause (2); and

    (ii)the provision of the health care or community services would be likely to:

    (A)result in a significant cost to the Australian community in the areas of health care and community services; or

    (B)prejudice the access of an Australian citizen or permanent resident to health care or community services;

    regardless of whether the health care or community services will actually be used in connection with the applicant; and

    (d)if the applicant is a person from whom a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth has requested a signed undertaking to present himself or herself to a health authority in the State or Territory of intended residence in Australia for a follow-up medical assessment — has provided the undertaking.

    (2)For subparagraph (1) (c) (i), the period is:

    (a)for an application for a permanent visa — the period commencing when the application is made; or

    (b)for an application for a temporary visa:

    (i)the period for which the Minister intends to grant the visa; or

    (ii)if the visa is of a subclass specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph — the period commencing when the application is made.

    (3)If:

    (a)the applicant applies for a temporary visa; and

    (b)the subclass being applied for is not specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing made for subparagraph (2) (b) (ii);

    the reference in sub-subparagraph (1) (c) (ii) (A) to health care and community services does not include the health care and community services specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing made for this subclause.