Nguyen (Migration)

[2018] AATA 2989

Nguyen (Migration) [2018] AATA 2989 (5 July 2018)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANT:  Mrs The Thi Nguyen

CASE NUMBER:  1805556

DIBP REFERENCE(S):  CLF2014/116669 CLF2014/91674

MEMBER:Linda Holub

DATE:5 July 2018

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

DECISION:The Tribunal remits the application for a Contributory Aged Parent (Residence) (Class DG) visa for reconsideration, with the direction that the applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 864 (Contributory Aged Parent) visa:

·PIC 4005(1) (aa) for the purposes of cl.864.223 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Statement made on 05 July 2018 at 3:59pm

CATCHWORDS
Migration – Contributory Aged Parent (Residence) (Class DG) visa – Subclass 864 (Contributory Aged Parent) – Medical assessment – Meets health requirements – Decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, c 65
Migration Regulations 1994, Schedule 2 cl 864.223, Schedule 4 PIC 4005

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 on 28 February 2018 to refuse to grant the applicant a Contributory Aged Parent (Residence) (Class DG) visa under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).

2. The applicant applied for the visa on 22 August 2014. The delegate refused to grant the visa on the basis that the applicant did not satisfy cl.864.223 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) because the health criteria in Public Interest Criterion (‘PIC’) 4005 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations was not met.

3. On the evidence before it, the Tribunal considered it would be appropriate to make a favourable decision on the papers.

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

CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

1. The issue in this review is whether the visa applicant meets Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4005 as required by the criteria for the grant of the visa. Public Interest Criterion 4005, as it applies to this case, is extracted in the attachment to this decision. It requires the applicant, in certain circumstances, to undergo medical assessment, and to be free of certain diseases or conditions that may impact on the community

2. The delegate’s decision shows that on 10 September 2014 the applicant in this case was requested to commence her medical assessment as part of the processing requirements.  She undertook the health assessment on 25 September 201. The results were pending further medical tests.  The decision outlines further contact between the applicant and the Department regarding this.  As at the time of the decision, there had been no conclusive result on the pending medicals.

Has the applicant undertaken a medical assessment (PIC 4005(1)(aa))?

1. Public Interest Criterion 4005(1)(aa) requires that if the applicant is in a specified class of persons, he or she must undertake the specified medical assessment and be assessed by a specified person unless a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth (MOC) decides otherwise. The relevant class of persons and assessments are specified in IMMI15/144.  It requires that the applicant has undertaken the required medical examination, chest x-ray and a HIV test. 

2. The applicant is in the class of persons specified in the instrument.

3. The Tribunal has been provided with a Form 884: Opinion of a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth dated 20 March 2018.  It states that the applicant has been assessed against Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4005 and that she meets the health requirement for a permanent stay in Australia.

10) For these reasons the requirements in PIC 4005(1)(aa) are met.

11) Given the findings above, the appropriate course is for the Tribunal to remit the matter to the Minister for reconsideration of the remaining criteria for the visa.

DECISION

12) The Tribunal remits the application for a Contributory Aged Parent (Residence) (Class DG) visa for reconsideration, with the direction that the applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 864 (Contributory Aged Parent) visa:

·PIC 4005(1)(aa) for the purposes of cl.864.223 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Linda Holub
Member

ATTACHMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

Schedule 4

1. (1)         The applicant:

   (aa)if the applicant is in a class of persons specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph:

   (i)must undertake any medical assessment specified in the instrument; and

   (ii)must be assessed by the person specified in the instrument;

   unless a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth decides otherwise; and

   (ab)must comply with any request by a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth to undertake a medical assessment; and

   (a)is free from tuberculosis; and

   (b)is free from a disease or condition that is, or may result in the applicant being, a threat to public health in Australia or a danger to the Australian community; and

   (c)is free from a disease or condition in relation to which:

   (i)a person who has it would be likely to:

   (A)require health care or community services; or

   (B)meet the medical criteria for the provision of a community service;

   during the period described in subclause (2); and

   (ii)the provision of the health care or community services would be likely to:

   (A)result in a significant cost to the Australian community in the areas of health care and community services; or

   (B)prejudice the access of an Australian citizen or permanent resident to health care or community services;

   regardless of whether the health care or community services will actually be used in connection with the applicant; and

   (d)if the applicant is a person from whom a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth has requested a signed undertaking to present himself or herself to a health authority in the State or Territory of intended residence in Australia for a follow-up medical assessment — has provided the undertaking.

   (2)For subparagraph (1) (c) (i), the period is:

   (a)for an application for a permanent visa — the period commencing when the application is made; or

   (b)for an application for a temporary visa:

   (i)the period for which the Minister intends to grant the visa; or

   (ii)if the visa is of a subclass specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph — the period commencing when the application is made.

   (3)If:

   (a)the applicant applies for a temporary visa; and

   (b)the subclass being applied for is not specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing made for subparagraph (2) (b) (ii);

   the reference in sub-subparagraph (1) (c) (ii) (A) to health care and community services does not include the health care and community services specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing made for this subclause.