SHARMA (Migration)

[2019] AATA 3373

SHARMA (Migration) [2019] AATA 3373 (2 July 2019)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Raman SHARMA
Master Himansh Singh SHARMA
Ms Sandeep KAUR

CASE NUMBER:  1702810

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2015/4092925

MEMBER:Bridget Cullen

DATE:2 July 2019

PLACE OF DECISION:  Brisbane

DECISION:The Tribunal remits the application for Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa:

·cl.186.223 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Statement made on 02 July 2019 at 3:36pm

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION – Employer Nomination (Permanent)(Class EN) – Subclass 186 Employer Nomination Scheme – Temporary Residence Transition stream – approved nomination – decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION

Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), Schedule 2 cls 186.223, 186.233, rr 1.13A, 1.13B

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 Immigration and Border Protection on 2 February 2017 to refuse to grant the applicants Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visas under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).

2. The applicants applied for the visas on 28 December 2015. At the time of application, Class EN contained one subclass: Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme).

3. The criteria for the grant of a Subclass 186 visa are set out in Part 186 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (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 three alternative visa streams: the Temporary Residence Transition stream, the Direct Entry stream, or the Labour Agreement stream.

4. In the present case, the first named applicant (the applicant) is seeking the visa in Temporary Residence Transition stream, to work in the nominated position of Cook (ANZSCO 351411).

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl.186.233(2) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the applicant was not the subject of a nomination which the Minister had approved.

6. The applicant, Mr Raman Sharma, appeared before the Tribunal on 18 June 2019, in a combined hearing with the associated nomination, to give evidence and present arguments. The Tribunal also received oral evidence from the nominating company’s director, and the director’s wife.

7. The applicants were represented in relation to the review by their registered migration agent.

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

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

9. The issue in the present case is whether the applicant is the subject of a nomination which the Minister has approved.

10. The nomination application was refused by the Department on 20 December 2016, as the delegate found that r.5.19(3)(d) was not satisfied.

    Nomination of a position

11. Clause 186.223 as applicable in this case is set out in full in the attachment to this decision. Essentially, it requires that the position to which the application relates is the subject of an application for approval of a nomination in the Temporary Residence Transition stream that identifies the visa applicant. The position must be the one that was the subject of the declaration that was required to be made as part of the current visa application.

12. In addition, this criterion also requires that:

    ·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 r.1.13A and r.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 2 July 2019, the Tribunal finalised the review application for the associated nomination, setting aside the original decision, approving the nomination. The applicant, therefore, is now subject of an approved nomination.

14. The Tribunal further finds that there is no adverse nomination known to the Tribunal concerning the applicant or any associated person. The position of Cook is still available to the applicant with the nominator, and the visa application was made within the requisite period.

15. Therefore, cl.186.223 is met.

16. Given these findings, the appropriate course is to remit the visa application to the Minister to consider the remaining criteria for the visa.

    DECISION

17. The Tribunal remits the applications Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class EN) visas for reconsideration, with the direction that the first named applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 186 (Employer Nomination Scheme) visa:

    ·cl.186.223 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

    Bridget Cullen
    Member

    
    

    ATTACHMENT A

    186.223(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 subregulation 5.19(3); and

    (b)in relation to which the applicant is identified as the holder of a Subclass 457 … visa; and

    (c)in relation to which the declaration mentioned in paragraph 1114B(3)(d) of Schedule 1 was made in the application for the grant of the visa.

    (2)     The Minister has approved the nomination.

    (3)     The nomination has not subsequently been withdrawn.

    (3A)    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.

    (4)     The position is still available to the applicant.

    (5)     The application for the visa is made no more than 6 months after the Minister approved the nomination.