Mo (Migration)

[2021] AATA 117

Mo (Migration) [2021] AATA 117 (21 January 2021)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Youngho Mo
Ms Eunkyoung Shin

CASE NUMBER:  1814791

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2017/2235886

MEMBER:Damien O'Donovan

DATE:21 January 2021

PLACE OF DECISION:  Canberra

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.

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visa – Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) – direct entry stream – subject of approved nomination – refusal of related position nomination set aside on review – decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION

Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65

Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 5.19(4)(h)(ii), 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 24 June 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 Cook (ANZSCO code 351411) with Mee’s Sushi Pty Ltd ATF Young-Mee Family Trust. The related nomination was made by the Nominator on 24 June 2017.

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl 187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations in circumstances where the Nominator’s nomination was refused on 3 April 2018.

6.    The applicants were represented in relation to the review by their registered migration agent. The review applicants appeared before the Tribunal on 8 January 2021 in relation to the nomination application.

7.    For the following reasons, the Tribunal has concluded that the matter should be remitted for reconsideration.

CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

8. The issue in the present case is whether the applicant meets the requirements of cl 187.233 of Schedule 2 of the Regulations.

Nomination of a position

9.    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.

1. 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.

2. On the visa application, the applicant provided details of a related nomination, which is the nomination made by the Nominator for the position of Cook at Mee’s Sushi Pty Ltd in the Australian Capital Territory. Under the section ENS/RSMS declarations, the applicant responded ‘Yes’ to the sentence “[h]ave declared that the position to which the application relates is a position nominated under regulation 5.19 or in accordance with a labour agreement by providing details in this application of a nomination that has been lodged with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection”.

3. The nomination sought to meet the requirements of r.5.19(4)(h)(ii) being a position located in regional Australia (as defined). On the information before the Tribunal, it finds that the Nominator is the person who will employ the applicant. The Tribunal approved the nomination on 21 January 2021 and it has not been withdrawn.

4. The applicant is currently employed by the Nominator and the Tribunal finds that the position is still available to the applicant. The visa application was made prior to the nomination being approved. Therefore, the Tribunal finds that the application was not made more than six months after the nomination of the position was approved.

5. The Tribunal is not aware of any ‘adverse information’ (as defined) known to Immigration about the person who made the nomination or a person ‘associated with’ that person. The Tribunal does not have any information before it indicating that there has been any court/administrative/disciplinary actions or the like in relation to the Nominator.

6. Therefore, cl 187.233 is met.

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

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.

Statement made on 21 January 2021 at 11:26am

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.