Grant (Migration)

[2019] AATA 1008

Grant (Migration) [2019] AATA 1008 (24 January 2019)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Joshua Robert Grant
Ms Francesca Neild

CASE NUMBER:  1701819

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):           BCC2016/1609491

MEMBER:Peter Emmerton

DATE:24 January 2019

PLACE OF DECISION:  Adelaide

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

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) Visa – Subclass 186 – Temporary Residence Transition stream – Plumber – Tribunal approved the nomination – Decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, s 65
Migration Regulations 1994, rr 1.13, 5.19, Schedule 2, cl 186.223

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 Immigration and Border Protection on 24 January 2017 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 May 2016. 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 Plumber ANZSCO 334111.

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl.186.223 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the nomination was not approved.

6. The applicants appeared before the Tribunal on 24 January 2019 to give evidence and present arguments. The Tribunal also received oral evidence from the nominating entity Domestic & Commercial & Industrial Plumbing Pty Ltd. This was combined with the hearing for MRT file 1700254.

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

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 nomination has been approved.

   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. On 2 May 2016 an application was lodged for a residence visa under the Employer Nomination (Class EN 186) Temporary Residence Transition stream, in favour of the visa applicant. On 24 January 2017 the application was refused.

13. On 24 January 2019, the Tribunal set the Department’s decision aside and substituted a decision approving the appointment for the position of Plumber.[1] Based on evidence provided in that application, the Tribunal is satisfied the approved position is the same as the one that was the subject of the relevant r.5.19(3) nomination application. The Tribunal is also satisfied the position is the same as that in the visa application declaration. Therefore cl.186.223(1) is met.

    [1] See MRT decision file ref. 1700254

14. The Tribunal relies on its findings in the nomination application to find the person who will employ the applicant is the person who was the nominator in the application for approval. Therefore cl. 186.223(2) is met in light of the Tribunal’s approval of the appointment under r.5.19(3).

15. The Tribunal is also satisfied on all the evidence before it that the relevant appointment has not been withdrawn and is still available to the visa applicant. Therefore cl.186.223(3) and (4) are met. The application for the visa was made on 2 May 2016, which is before the nomination was approved on 24 January 2019. As the visa application was made on a date which is no more than 6 months after the approval, cl.186.223 (5) is met.

16. The Tribunal therefore finds the visa applicant satisfies the requirements specified in cl.186.223. Given these findings, the appropriate course is to remit the visa application to the Minister to consider the remaining criteria for the visa.

    DECISION

17. The Tribunal remits the applications Employer Nomination (Temporary Residence Transition) (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

    Peter Emmerton
    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.