JALALI (Migration)

[2019] AATA 912

JALALI (Migration) [2019] AATA 912 (19 March 2019)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANT:  Mr POOYA JALALI

CASE NUMBER:  1712383

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):           BCC2016/3455124

MEMBER:Karen McNamara

DATE:19 March 2019

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

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

·cl.186.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Statement made on 19 March 2019 at 3:23pm

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visa – Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) – Direct Entry stream – Computer Network and Systems Engineer – subject of an approved nomination – nomination application now approved by Tribunal – relevant position still available – decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 5.19; Schedule 2, cl 186.233

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 Immigration and Border Protection on 30 May 2017 to refuse to grant the applicant an Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visa under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).

2. The applicant applied for the visa on 18 October 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, Mr Pooya Jalali (the applicant) is seeking the visa in the Direct Entry stream, to work in the nominated position of Computer Network and Systems Engineer – ANZSCO 263111.  

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl.186.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the nomination to which the position relates was not approved.

6. The applicant appeared before the Tribunal on 12 March 2019 to give evidence and present arguments. The Tribunal also received oral evidence from Mr Marco Tapia and Mr David Booth.

7. The applicant was represented in relation to the review by his 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 applicant meets the requirements of cl.186.233.

   Nomination of a position

10. Clause 186.233 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. 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.

11. In addition, this criterion also requires that:

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

12. The nominating employer, Picnet Pty Ltd applied to the Department for approval of a nomination in relation to the position of Computer Network and Systems Engineer – ANZSCO 263111. That nomination was refused by the Department and consequently the applicant’s visa application was refused.

13. Picnet Pty Ltd applied for a review of the decision not to approve the nomination (AAT Case No. 1710231). On 19 March 2019, the Tribunal set aside the Department’s decision and substituted a new decision to approve the nomination under r.5.19(4) of the Regulations.

14. Based on evidence before it, the Tribunal is satisfied that;

    ·The person who will employ the applicant in the nominated positon, (that is Picnet Pty Ltd) is the person who made the nomination.

    ·Picnet Pty Ltd’s nomination for the positon of Computer Network and Systems Engineer – ANZSCO 263111, has been approved by the Tribunal and has not been subsequently withdrawn;

    ·Having regard to the information on the related Tribunal and Department files in respect of the nomination application, there is no evidence to suggest that there is adverse information known to Immigration about the nominator or a person associated with the nominator.

    ·The nominator advised at hearing the positon is still available to Mr Jalali; and

    ·The visa application was made at the same time as the employer nomination and was therefore not made more than six months after the nomination of the position was approved.

15. On the basis of the above, the Tribunal finds that the requirements of cl.186.233 are met.

16. 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 application for an Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visa for reconsideration, with the direction that the applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa:

    ·cl.186.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations

    Karen McNamara
    Member

    
    

    ATTACHMENT A

    186.233(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)(i); or

    (ii)subregulation 5.19(2) as in force before 1 July 2012; and

    (b)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 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 not more than 6 months after the Minister approved the nomination.