Kamaldeep Kaur (Migration)

[2022] AATA 4818

Kamaldeep Kaur (Migration) [2022] AATA 4818 (22 November 2022)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mrs  Kamaldeep Kaur
Mr Sikander Singh
Miss Rhythm Kaur

REPRESENTATIVE:  Mrs Preeti Puri (MARN: 0960289)

CASE NUMBER:  1919236

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2017/4564260

MEMBER:P. Maishman

DATE:22 November 2022

PLACE OF DECISION:  Perth

DECISION:The Tribunal remits the application for Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa:

·cl 187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

The applications for the second and third-named applicants are remitted for reconsideration in accordance with this direction.

Statement made on 22 November 2022 at 12:03pm

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

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 (Cth) (the Act).

2. The applicants applied for the visas on 1 December 2017. 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 (Cth) (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 the Direct Entry stream, to work in the nominated position of Retail Manager.

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl 187.233(3) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because her employer’s application for approval of the nomination was not approved.

6. The applicant appeared before the Tribunal on 10 October 2022 to give evidence and present arguments. The Tribunal held a combined hearing with the nominator’s representative, Mr Nishan Singh, who also appeared before the Tribunal.

7. The applicants were represented in relation to the review.

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 187.233.

   Nomination of a position

10. 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.

11. 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 reg 1.13A and reg 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 applicant was nominated by Samreen Trading Services for the position of Retail Manager. The position is the same as in the reg 5.19 nomination application and the employer is the nominator.

13. The nomination was initially refused by the Department. However, on 22 November 2022, this Tribunal made the decision to set aside the refusal and substituted a decision to approve the nomination (Case Number 1915853).

14. The Tribunal is satisfied there is no adverse information known to Immigration about the person who made the nomination or a person ‘associated with’ that person.  

15. The Tribunal is satisfied that the nomination has not been withdrawn and that the position is still available to the applicant.

16. The Tribunal is also satisfied that the visa application was not made more than six months after the nomination of the position was approved.

17. Given the above, the Tribunal finds that the applicant meets all the requirements of cl 187.233.

18. The second and third-named applicants applied for the visa on the basis they are members of the family unit of the first-named applicant. Accordingly, their applications will be determined by reference to the outcome of the first named applicant's application on remittal to the Department for reconsideration.

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

    decision

20. The Tribunal remits the applications Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa:

    ·cl 187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

    The applications for the second and third-named applicants are remitted for reconsideration in accordance with this direction.

    P. Maishman
    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

    (aa)in relation to which the applicant is identified in the application under subparagraph 5.19(4)(a)(ii); 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.