Okwier Oletho (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application by Okwier Oletho concerning a Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa, subclass 417. The applicant sought review of a decision not to grant them a second Working Holiday visa, which required completion of three months of specified work in regional Australia.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicant's role as a Community Liaison Officer at a Migrant Centre constituted "specified work" for the purposes of the visa requirements, as defined by IMMI LIN20/103, and whether this work was undertaken in a regional postcode.

The Tribunal reasoned that the applicant's employment did not satisfy the definition of "specified work" under the relevant legislative instrument. Consequently, the Tribunal affirmed the decision not to grant the applicant the visa.