Redmile (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application for Contributory Parent (Migrant) (Class CA) visas, subclass 143. The applicants sought review of a decision to refuse their visa applications.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicants satisfied the 'balance of family test' as required for the grant of the visa. This involved determining the number of the applicants' children who were Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible to be granted a visa, and assessing the frequency of contact the applicants had with their eligible children in Australia.

The Tribunal affirmed the delegate's decision to refuse the visa applications. It found that the applicants did not meet the requirements of the balance of family test, as they did not have the requisite number of eligible children residing in Australia, nor did they demonstrate sufficient frequency of contact with their eligible children.