Singh (Migration)

[2020] AATA 3336

Singh (Migration) [2020] AATA 3336 (7 August 2020)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANTS:  Mr Harpinder Singh
Mrs Lakhwinder Kaur
Mr Manseerat Kaur

CASE NUMBER:  1815531

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2016/3549318

MEMBER:Susan Reece Jones

DATE:7 August 2020

PLACE OF DECISION:  Melbourne

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

·cl.187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Statement made on 07 August 2020 at 1:54pm

CATCHWORDS
MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) – Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) – direct entry stream – related nomination of position refused – refusal set aside on review – members of family unit – decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), Schedule 2, cl 187.233(2)

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 (the Act).

2. The applicants applied for the visas on 24 October 2016. 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 (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 Direct Entry stream, to work in the nominated position of Cook (ANZSCO: 351411) for the nominator, The Trustee For The Cheema And Jhamb Unit Trust, which operates the Comfort Inn Motel in Traralgon, regional Victoria.

5. The delegate refused to grant the visas because the applicant did not meet cl.187. 233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the delegate found that the evidence provided by the applicant did not demonstrate that the nominee will be employed on a full-time basis in the position for at least 2 years.

6. The applicant appeared before the Tribunal on 1 May 2020 to give evidence and present arguments. The Tribunal also received oral evidence from the nominator’s director, Mr Satnam Singh. he Tribunal hearing was conducted with the assistance of an interpreter in the Punjabi and English languages

7. In relation to the review. the applicant was represented by Mr Dildeep Singh of Milestone Education and Immigration Services. The representative attended the Tribunal hearing.

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 meets the requirements of cl.187.233.

   Nomination of a position

10. 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.

11. 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 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.

    12.      The applicant applied for a visa on the basis of a nomination made by The Trustee For The Cheema And Jhamb Unit Trust, being the employer nomination in which the applicant is identified as the relevant 457 visa holder and against which he made the relevant declaration at the time of the visa application, was refused by the Department on 11 May 2018.      

    13.      The nominator applied to the Tribunal for review of the decision not to approve the relevant nomination. On 7 August 2020, the Tribunal set aside the Department’s decision and substituted a decision approving the nomination.

    14.      Accordingly, the Tribunal is satisfied on the available evidence (which includes evidence given in relation to the nomination review case lodged by The Trustee For The Cheema And Jhamb Unit Trust as nominator that:

    ·     The nominator made the original nomination application in respect of the applicant, will employ the applicant;

    ·     the nomination has now been approved and has not been 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 if so, it is reasonable to disregard it;

    ·     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.

12. As the relevant nomination in respect of the applicant has now been approved, the applicant meets the requirements in cl.187.233(2).  Therefore, given the appropriate course is to remit the visa application to the Minister to consider the remaining criteria for the visa.

13. As the Tribunal is remitting the applicant of the first name visa applicant with a finding that he meets the requirements of clause.187.233(2), the remaining criteria for the applicant should now be reconsidered. In addition, the application of the second and third named visa applicants should also now be reconsidered in full.

    Decision

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

    ·cl.187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

    Susan Reece Jones
    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

    (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.