Nguyen (Migration)

[2022] AATA 3292

Nguyen (Migration) [2022] AATA 3292 (4 August 2022)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANT:  Ms Thi Minh Hai Nguyen

REPRESENTATIVE:  Ms Lena Hung (MARN: 0426795)

CASE NUMBER:  1914888

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2018/1080310

MEMBER:C. Packer

DATE:4 August 2022

PLACE OF DECISION:  Melbourne

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

·cl 187.233(3) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations

Statement made on 4 August 2022 at 7:07pm

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visa – Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) – Direct Entry stream – Accountant (General) – 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 applicant a Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visa under s 65 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (the Act).

2. The applicant applied for the visa on 7 March 2018. At the time of application, Class RN contained one subclass: Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme). 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.

3. In the present case, the applicant is seeking the visa in the Direct Entry stream, to work in the nominated position of accountant (general) – 221111, located at Wood Wood Victoria 3596. The delegate refused to grant the visa because the applicant did not meet cl 187.233(3) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

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

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

   Nomination of a position

5. Clause 187.233 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.

6. On 4 August 2022 in Tribunal case 1913374 the Tribunal found the nominator, Mammone Steven Sebastian and Angela and Ross Sebastiano Partnership, meets the requirements of r.5.19 for approval of the nomination of the position in Australia. The Tribunal set aside the delegate’s decision to refuse the nomination application under review and substituted a decision approving the nomination. Therefore, cl.186.233(3) is met. Given these findings, the appropriate course is to remit the visa application to the Minister to consider the remaining criteria for the visa.

   decision

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

   ·cl.187.233(3) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations

   C. Packer
   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.