Ma (Migration)

[2018] AATA 3833

Ma (Migration) [2018] AATA 3833 (5 September 2018)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Xing Ma
Ms Han Liu
Ms Violet Ma

CASE NUMBER:  1720562

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):           BCC2016/4087874

MEMBER:John Cipolla

DATE:5 September 2018

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

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

Statement made on 05 September 2018 at 4:50pm

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas – Subclass 187 Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme – Direct Entry stream – position of Marketing Specialist – nomination refused – false and misleading information – adverse information about the nominating person – decision under review affirmed

LEGISLATION

Migration Act 1958, s 65

Migration Regulations 1994, Schedule 2 cls 187.213, 187.233, Public Interest Criterion 4020

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 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 4 December 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 Marketing Specialist.

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl.187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the nomination lodged by AKTN Recruiting Pty Ltd was refused by the Department on 8 June 2017. The delegate also refused to grant the visas on a second ground, finding the applicant did not meet cl. 187.213 as the applicant did not satisfy Public Interest Criterion 4020. The delegate made this finding as the applicant had provided information that was false and misleading in a material particular to the Department in support of the visa application.

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

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

7. The issue in the present case is whether the applicant meets the requirements of cl.187.233.

   Nomination of a position

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. As has been noted the Department refused the application made by AKTN Recruiting Pty Ltd for nomination approval on 8 June 2017. On 10 August 2018 the Tribunal dismissed the application for merits review and as such the decision under review was taken to have been affirmed.

11. Therefore, cl.187.233 is not met.

12. 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.

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

    John Cipolla
    Senior 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.