Gallo Stampino (Migration)

[2020] AATA 5730

Gallo Stampino (Migration) [2020] AATA 5730 (30 November 2020)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Luca Giuseppe Gallo Stampino
Ms Kelly Saint Claire Gallo Stampino
Mr Ricci Saint Jude Gallo Stampino

CASE NUMBER:  1815339

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2017/4575440

MEMBER:De-Anne Kelly

DATE:30 November 2020

PLACE OF DECISION:  Brisbane

DECISION:The Tribunal remits the application for Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa:

·cl.186.223 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Statement made on 30 November 2020 at 10:10am

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION – Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visa – Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) – Temporary Residence Transition stream – position of Electrical Engineering Draftsperson – nomination approved upon review – decision under review remitted           

LEGISLATION

Migration Act 1958, s 65
Migration Regulations 1994, Schedule 2, cls 186.223, 186.311; r 1.13

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 22 May 2018 to refuse to grant the applicants Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visas under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).

2. The applicants applied for the visas on 2 December 2017. At the time of application, Class EN contained one subclass: Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme).

3. The criteria for the grant of a Subclass 186 visa are set out in Part 186 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations). The primary criteria must be satisfied by at least one applicant. Other members of the family unit, if any, who are applicants for the visa need satisfy only the secondary criteria. Applicants seeking to satisfy the primary criteria must meet the ‘Common criteria’, as well as the criteria of one of three alternative visa streams: the Temporary Residence Transition stream, the Direct Entry stream, or the Labour Agreement stream.

4. In the present case, the first named applicant (the applicant) is seeking the visa in Temporary Residence Transition stream, to work in the nominated position of Electrical Engineering Draftsperson

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl.186.223(2) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the employer nomination lodged by Design Intent Commissioning Pty Ltd ABN: 47 135 125 343 was refused on 14 April 2018 being the application referred to in cl.186.223(1).

6. The applicant appeared before the Tribunal on 3 November 2020 to give evidence and present arguments. This was a dual hearing of both the employer nomination refusal review and the visa application refusal review.  

7. The applicant was represented in relation to the review by its registered migration agent, Mr Narendra Sharma MARN: 0101231 of Brisbane Qld 4000.

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

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

9. The issue in the present case is whether the applicant satisfies cl.186.223(2) which provides as follows;

   (2)      The Minister has approved the nomination.

   Nomination of a position

10. Clause 186.223 as applicable in this case is set out in full in the attachment to this decision. Essentially, it requires that the position to which the application relates is the subject of an application for approval of a nomination in the Temporary Residence Transition stream that identifies the visa applicant. The position must be the one that was the subject of the declaration that was required to be made as part of the current visa application.

11. In addition, this criterion also requires that:

    ·the nomination has been approved and has not been subsequently withdrawn

    ·there is no ‘adverse information’ known to Immigration about the person who made the nomination or a person ‘associated with’ that person (within the meaning of r.1.13A and r.1.13B); or it is reasonable to disregard any such information

    ·the position is still available to the applicant, and

    ·the visa application was made no more than six months after the nomination of the position was approved.

12. The visa application was acknowledged by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection on 2 December 2017 and is consistent with the declaration in cl.1114B(3)(d) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations being made in the application for the grant of the visa.

13. Ms Vicki Barfett HR Manager of Design Intent Commissioning Pty Ltd ABN: 47 135 125 343 represented the company at the hearing and the Employment Contract was signed by Mr Warren Barfett demonstrating that he is the person who will employ the applicant and is the person who made the nomination. The application made was for the approval of the position of Electrical Engineering Draftsperson.

14. The Department refused to approve the nomination and the nominating employer applied to the Tribunal for review of that decision. The Tribunal set aside the Department’s decision and substituted a decision to approve the nomination in respect of the applicant. The nomination has therefore been approved and has not been withdrawn by Mr Warren Barfett of Design Intent Commissioning Pty Ltd ABN: 47 135 125 343.

15. There is no information before the Tribunal constituting adverse information regarding the company or its director. There is no evidence before the Tribunal that the Department had adverse information regarding Mr Warren Barfett of Design Intent Commissioning Pty Ltd ABN: 47 135 125 343 being the person who made the nomination, or their associates.

16. The most recent employment contract dated 17 November 2017 and signed by both the nominee and the nominator demonstrate that the position is still available to the applicant. The visa application was made on 2 December 2017 and therefore was made no more than six months after the nomination of the position was approved.

17. Therefore, cl.186.223 is met.

18. Given these findings, the appropriate course is to remit the visa application to the Minister to consider the remaining criteria for the visa.

19. The secondary visa applicanst Ms Kelly Saint Claire Gallo Stampino and Mr Ricci Saint Jude Gallo Stampino had their visa application refused by a delegate of the Minister on the basis that cl.186.311 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations was not satisfied. This clause provides that:

    186.311

    The applicant:

    (a) is a member of the family unit of a person (the primary applicant) who holds a Subclass 186 visa granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of the visa; and

    (b) made a combined application with the primary applicant.

20. Because the primary visa applicant’s Subclass 186 visa application was refused, the secondary visa applicants were members of the family unit of a person who did not hold a Subclass 186 visa granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of the visa.

21. The Tribunal considered the appropriate course was to remit the primary visa applicant’s visa application to the Minister to reconsider the remaining criteria for the visa. The Tribunal considers it is the appropriate course to remit the secondary applicants’ visa applications to the Minister.

    DECISION

22. The Tribunal remits the applications Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa:

    ·cl.186.223 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

    De-Anne Kelly
    Member

    
    

    ATTACHMENT A

    186.223(1)     The position to which the application relates is the position:

    (a)nominated in an application for approval that seeks to meet the requirements of subregulation 5.19(3); and

    (b)in relation to which the applicant is identified as the holder of a Subclass 457 … visa; and

    (c)in relation to which the declaration mentioned in paragraph 1114B(3)(d) of Schedule 1 was made in the application for the grant of the visa.

    (2)     The Minister has approved the nomination.

    (3)     The nomination has not subsequently been withdrawn.

    (3A)    Either:

    (a)there is no adverse information known to Immigration about the person who made the nomination or a person associated with that person; or

    (b)it is reasonable to disregard any adverse information known to Immigration about the person who made the nomination or a person associated with that person.

    (4)     The position is still available to the applicant.

    (5)     The application for the visa is made no more than 6 months after the Minister approved the nomination.