Gautam (Migration)

[2020] AATA 727

Gautam (Migration) [2020] AATA 727 (18 March 2020)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Ravi Dass Gautam
Mrs Rajni Sharma
Mr Eklavya Gautam

CASE NUMBER:  1811061

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2016/1856746

MEMBER:Mark Bishop

DATE:18 March 2020

PLACE OF DECISION:  Melbourne

DECISION:The Tribunal affirms the decisions not to grant the applicants Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas.

Statement made on 18 March 2020 at 1:46pm

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visa – Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) – Direct Entry stream – subject of an approved nomination – nominator ceased operation – decision under review affirmed

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), Schedule 2, cl 187.233

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 Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).

2. The applicants applied for the visas on 26 May 2016. At the time of application, Class RN contained one subclass: Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme).

3. The criteria for a Subclass 187 visa are set out in Part 187 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 two alternative visa streams: the Temporary Residence Transition stream, or the Direct Entry stream.

4. In the present case, the first named applicant (the applicant) is seeking the visa in Direct Entry stream, to work in the nominated position of not disclosed in decision record.

5. The applicant provided a copy of the decision record to the Tribunal dated 10 April 2018.

6. The delegate refused to grant the visa because on 7 March 2018 because the applicant did not meet cl.187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the nomination lodged by Choudhary Holdings Pty Ltd linked to the visa nomination was refused. The delegate noted the visa applicant was advised of the decision the same day and given an opportunity to comment within 28 days. The applicant did not provide any further information to the Department.

7. The applicant appeared before the Tribunal on 18 March 2020 to give evidence and present arguments.

8. The applicants were represented in relation to the review by their registered migration agent.

9. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has concluded that the decision under review should be affirmed.

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

10. The issue in the present case is evidence of existence of a nomination.

    Nomination of a position

11. Clause 187.233 as applicable in this case is set out in full in an attachment to this decision. Essentially, it requires that that the position to which the application relates be the subject of an application for approval of a nomination in the Direct Entry stream, located in regional Australia. The position must be the one that was the subject of the declaration made as part of the current visa application. In addition, where the associated nomination was made on or after 1 July 2017, it must identify the applicant in relation to the position.

12. In addition, this criterion also requires that:

    ·the person who will employ the applicant is the person who made nomination

    ·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.

13. In evidence the applicant advised the Tribunal he did not have a current nomination and could not provide a copy of a current nomination. The applicant advised the Tribunal the company had closed and he was no longer able to contact the former nominator.

14. There is no information before the Tribunal that suggests the applicant is the subject of a nomination approved by the Minister as required by cl.187.233(3) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations.

15. Accordingly the requirements of Cl.187.233 are not met.

    Secondary Applicants

16. The secondary applicants are members of the family unit of the applicant. As the secondary applicants are not  members of the family unit of a person who holds a subclass 187 visa granted on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of a visa, cl.187.311 is not satisfied.

17. As cl.500.311 is not satisfied by the secondary applicant, the Tribunal finds the criteria for the grant of a Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187) visa are not satisfied. Therefore the Tribunal refused the application by the secondary applicant for a Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187) visa.

    CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH (ALL ISSUES)

18. The applicant has only sought to satisfy the criteria for a Subclass 187 visa in the Direct Entry stream. No claims have been made in respect of the other visa streams. As the requirements that must be met by a person seeking the visa in the Direct Entry stream have not been met, the decision under review must be affirmed.

    DECISION

19. The Tribunal affirms the decision not to grant the applicants Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas.

    Mark Bishop

    
    

    Member

    ATTACHMENT A

    187.233(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:

    (i)subparagraph 5.19(4)(h)(ii); or

    (ii)subregulation 5.19(4) as in force before 1 July 2012; and

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

    (2)     The person who will employ the applicant is the person who made the nomination.

    (3)     The Minister has approved the nomination.

    (4)     The nomination has not subsequently been withdrawn.

    (4A)    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.

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

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