Singh (Migration)

[2019] AATA 5091

Singh (Migration) [2019] AATA 5091 (20 August 2019)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANT:  Mr Amritpal Singh

CASE NUMBER:  1918177

DIBP REFERENCE(S):  BCC2019/1290370

MEMBER:Antonio Dronjic

DATE:20 August 2019

PLACE OF DECISION:  Melbourne

DECISION:The Tribunal remits the application for a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa for reconsideration, with the direction that the applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa:

·PIC 4005(1)(aa) for the purposes of cl.485.216 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

Statement made on 20 August 2019 at 1:48pm

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION – Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa – Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) – health criteria – medical assessment undertaken – auto cleared – decision under review remitted

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), Schedule 2, cl 485.216; Schedule 4, PIC 4005

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 on 21 June 2019 to refuse to grant the applicant a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act).

2. The applicant applied for the visa on 14 March 2019. The delegate refused to grant the visa on the basis that the applicant did not satisfy cl.485.216 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations) because the health criteria in Public Interest Criterion (‘PIC’) 4005 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations was not met.

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

   CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE

4. The issue in this review is whether the visa applicant meets Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4005 as required by the criteria for the grant of the visa. Public Interest Criterion 4005, as it applies to this case, is extracted in the attachment to this decision. It requires the applicant, in certain circumstances, to undergo medical assessment, and to be free of certain diseases or conditions that may impact on the community.

5. In the present case, the delegate found that the applicant did not meet PIC 4005 on the basis that he had not provided any evidence to indicate that he had undertaken a medical assessment, despite being invited to do so by the Department.

   Has the applicant undertaken a medical assessment (PIC 4005(1)(aa))?

6. Public Interest Criterion 4005(1)(aa) requires that if the applicant is in a specified class of persons, he or she must undertake the specified medical assessment and be assessed by a specified person unless a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth (MOC) decides otherwise.

7. Based on the ISCE records, the Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant has undertaken the medical assessment specified in the relevant instrument on 24 June 2019 and that the assessment was carried out by the relevant person specified in the instrument. The ISCE record indicates that the applicant is auto cleared. Accordingly, the applicant satisfies PIC 4005(1)(aa).

8. Given the findings above, the appropriate course is for the Tribunal to remit the matter to the Minister for reconsideration of the remaining criteria for the visa.

   DECISION

9. The Tribunal remits the application for a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa for reconsideration, with the direction that the applicant meets the following criteria for a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa:

   ·PIC 4005(1)(aa) for the purposes of cl.485.216 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

   Antonio Dronjic
   Member

   
   

   ATTACHMENT

   Migration Regulations 1994

   Schedule 4

   4005(1)         The applicant:

   (aa)if the applicant is in a class of persons specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this paragraph:

   (i)must undertake any medical assessment specified in the instrument; and

   (ii)must be assessed by the person specified in the instrument;

   unless a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth decides otherwise; and

   (ab)must comply with any request by a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth to undertake a medical assessment; and

   (a)is free from tuberculosis; and

   (b)is free from a disease or condition that is, or may result in the applicant being, a threat to public health in Australia or a danger to the Australian community; and

   (c)is free from a disease or condition in relation to which:

   (i)a person who has it would be likely to:

   (A)require health care or community services; or

   (B)meet the medical criteria for the provision of a community service;

   during the period described in subclause (2); and

   (ii)the provision of the health care or community services would be likely to:

   (A)result in a significant cost to the Australian community in the areas of health care and community services; or

   (B)prejudice the access of an Australian citizen or permanent resident to health care or community services;

   regardless of whether the health care or community services will actually be used in connection with the applicant; and

   (d)if the applicant is a person from whom a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth has requested a signed undertaking to present himself or herself to a health authority in the State or Territory of intended residence in Australia for a follow-up medical assessment — has provided the undertaking.

   (2)For subparagraph (1) (c) (i), the period is:

   (a)for an application for a permanent visa — the period commencing when the application is made; or

   (b)for an application for a temporary visa:

   (i)the period for which the Minister intends to grant the visa; or

   (ii)if the visa is of a subclass specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this subparagraph — the period commencing when the application is made.

   (3)If:

   (a)the applicant applies for a temporary visa; and

   (b)the subclass being applied for is not specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing made for subparagraph (2) (b) (ii);

   the reference in sub-subparagraph (1) (c) (ii) (A) to health care and community services does not include the health care and community services specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing made for this subclause.