Patel (Migration)

[2021] AATA 5605

Patel (Migration) [2021] AATA 5605 (5 March 2021)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Sanketkumar Natvarbhai Patel
Mrs Riddhiben Sanketkumar Patel
Master Kiyan Sanketkumar Patel

CASE NUMBER:  1923743

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2018/955202

MEMBER:Nicola Findson

DATE:5 March 2021

PLACE OF DECISION:  Perth

DECISION:The Tribunal affirms the decision not to grant the applicants Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas.

Statement made on 05 March 2021 at 11:15am

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) – Subclass 187 –– Direct Entry stream – Retail Manager – applicant failed to provide the requested information –no approved nomination –decision under review affirmed

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, ss 65, 359
Migration Regulations 1994, rr 1.13, 5.19, Schedule 2, cl 187.233

CASES
Hasran v MIAC [2010] FCAFC 40

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 28 February 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 for Mahal Holdings Pty Ltd in the nominated position of Retail Manager (ANZSCO 142111).

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl 187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because there was no approved nomination.

6. On 17 February 2021 the Tribunal wrote to the review applicants, via their registered migration agent, pursuant to s.359A of the Act, inviting them to comment on the following information that it considered would be part of the reason for affirming the decision under review:

   The application for approval of the nominated position made by Mahal Holdings Pty Ltd (the nominator) was refused by a delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs.  The nominator sought a review of that decision but the Tribunal found that it had no jurisdiction to review the matter.  This means that the nominator’s application for the nominated position has not been approved.

   The letter indicated that the above information was relevant because the Tribunal may find that the applicant did not meet the requirements of cl.187.233, which requires there to be an approved nomination in relation to the applicant.

7. The invitation was sent to the last address provided in connection with the review and advised that, if the comments were not provided in writing by 3 March 2021, the Tribunal may make a decision on the review without taking further steps to obtain the comments and the review applicants would lose any entitlement they might otherwise have had under the Act to appear before the Tribunal to give evidence and present arguments.

8. The review applicants have not provided the comments within the prescribed period and no extension has been granted. In these circumstances, s.359C applies and pursuant to s.360(3) the review applicants are not entitled to appear before the Tribunal. The effect of s.363A of the Act is that if a review applicant has no entitlement to a hearing, the Tribunal has no power to permit him or her to appear: Hasran v MIAC [2010] FCAFC 40. The Tribunal has decided to proceed to decision without taking further steps to obtain the comments.

9. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has concluded that the decision under review should be affirmed.

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

10. The issue in the present case is whether the applicant meets the requirements of 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 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 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. On the basis of the information before it, the Tribunal finds that Mahal Holdings Pty Ltd lodged an application for approval of a nomination, identifying the applicant as the nominee. The Tribunal further finds that the nomination application by Mahal Holdings Pty Ltd was refused by the Department on 26 June 2019, and although a review application was lodged in respect of the refused nomination, the Tribunal found it had no jurisdiction to review the matter.

14. Accordingly, the Tribunal finds that there is no approved nomination in which the applicant is the nominee.  As there is no approved nomination, the requirements of cl.187.233 are not met.

15. The applicant has only sought to satisfy the criteria for a Subclass 187 visa in the Direct Entry stream. No claims have been made in respect of the other visa streams. As the requirements that must be met by a person seeking the visa in the Direct Entry stream have not been met, the decision under review must be affirmed.

16. The Tribunal also finds that as the applicant does not satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of the visa, the second and third-named applicants do not satisfy the secondary criteria for the visa.  Consequently, they do not satisfy cl.187.311 and the decision under review must be affirmed in respect of them.

    decision

17. The Tribunal affirms the decision not to grant the applicants Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visas.

    Nicola Findson
    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.