Ilya Isakovich and Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[2010] AATA 476

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

DECISION AND REASONS FOR DECISION [2010] AATA 476

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL      )

)          No 2009/4814

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION		)
Re		Ilya Isakovich

Applicant

And Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Respondent

DECISION

Tribunal  Ms N Bell, Senior Member

Date of Decision                 18 June 2010

Date of Written Reasons  28 June 2010

Place  Sydney
Decision  The decision under review is affirmed.

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Ms N Bell, Senior Member

CATCHWORDS – Citizenship - general residence requirement - Overseas absences – requirements of employment - significant hardship or disadvantage

Australian Citizenship Act 2007

Administrative Appeals Act 1975 

REASONS FOR DECISION

18 June 2010 Ms N Bell, Senior Member

1. At the conclusion of the hearing of the above matter, the terms of the decision intended to be made and the reasons therefor were stated orally. After delivery of the extempore decision, the Applicant, pursuant to subsection 43(2A) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, request the Tribunal to furnish to him a statement in writing of the reasons of the Tribunal for its decision.

2.      The oral reasons for the decision have been transcribed by Auscript, the Commonwealth reporting service. Whereas those oral reasons may reflect the inelegance of an extempore decision, they are in fact the reasons for the said decision.

3.      The said transcript is annexed hereunto and furnished to the Applicant and to the Respondent as it is the reason for the Tribunal’s decision.

I certify that the 3 preceding paragraphs are a true copy of the reasons for the decision herein of Ms N Bell, Senior Member

Signed: ............................[sgd].................................................
  Associate: Lloyd Doherty

Date of Hearing  18 June 2010
Date of Decision  18 June 2010
Date of Written Reasons          28 June 2010
Solicitor for the Applicant          Self Represented
Solicitor for the Respondent     Mr G. Johnson, DLA Phillips Fox Lawyers