Nguyen (Migration)

[2023] AATA 2015

Nguyen (Migration) [2023] AATA 2015 (25 June 2023)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mrs Ha Thu Nguyen
Mr Phuong Minh Nguyen
Miss Linh Phuong Nguyen
Mr Quan Minh Bao Nguyen

REPRESENTATIVE:  Ms Pina Careri (MARN: 9359608)

CASE NUMBER:  1912479

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2018/4757583

MEMBER:Susan Reece Jones

DATE:25 June 2023

PLACE OF DECISION:  Melbourne

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 25 June 2023 at 2:51pm

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visa – Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) – direct entry stream – wholesaler – subject of approved position nomination – related nomination application refused – combined hearing of multiple nomination and visa reviews relating to same employer – nomination refusal set aside – decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), Schedule 2, cl 187.233(2)

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 29 October 2018. 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 Wholesaler (ANZSCO- 133312).

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the nominator did not meet cl 187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because there was adverse information known to the Department about the applicant.

6. On behalf of the nominator, its director Mr Duc Truong, appeared before the Tribunal on     16 May 2023 to give evidence and present arguments in relation to this case and to related cases. These related cases relate to other nominated positions by the nominator.  As the evidence given at the hearing also relates to these other cases, the Tribunal did not hold a hearing specifically only for this review application and the Tribunal has considered all the evidence provided in relation to this application in addition to all the evidence provided for the related nomination cases 1928037, 2111174 and 2100682.

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.

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

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

10. The issue in the present case is whether the relevant nomination has been approved as required by cl.187.233.

    Nomination of a position

11. Clause 187.233 as applicable in this case is set out in full in an attachment to this decision. Essentially, it requires 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.

12. 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 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.

13. The applicant applied for a visa on the basis of a nomination made by CT Vineyards Pty Ltd. The employer nomination in which the applicant is identified as the relevant 457 visa holder and against which she made the relevant declaration at the time of the visa application, was refused by the Department on 5 April 2019.

14. The nominator applied to the Tribunal for review of the decision not to approve the relevant nomination. On 25 June 2023, the Tribunal set aside the Department’s decision and substituted a decision approving the nomination.

15. As the relevant nomination in respect of the applicant has now been approved, the applicant meets the requirements in cl.187.233(2). Therefore, given the appropriate course is to remit the visa application to the Minister to consider the remaining criteria for the visa.

16. As the Tribunal is remitting the applicant of the first name visa applicant with a finding that she meets the requirements of clause.187.233(2), the remaining criteria for the applicant should now be reconsidered. In addition, the application of the second, third and fourth named visa applicants should also now be reconsidered in full.

    DECISION

17. 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

    Susan Reece Jones
    Member

    
    

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    ATTACHMENT A

    187.233(1)     The position to which the application relates is the position:

    (a)nominated in an application for approval that:

    (i)identifies the applicant in relation to the position; and

    (ii)is made in relation to a visa in a Direct Entry stream; and

    (iii)seeks to meet the requirements of subregulation 5.19(12); 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.