Singh (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for a Subclass 500 (Student) visa. The applicants, who were seeking this visa, had provided evidence of Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the period of 4 July 2018 to 12 July 2019. The primary dispute concerned whether the applicants had met the health insurance requirements for the visa.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicants had satisfied the health insurance criterion for the Subclass 500 visa, specifically clause 500.215 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994. This involved assessing the adequacy and currency of the OSHC provided by the applicants.

The Tribunal found that the OSHC insurance cover provided by the applicants, evidenced by policy numbers 3472 5447 and 3472 5594, satisfied the relevant criterion. In light of this new evidence, the Tribunal concluded that the matter should be remitted for reconsideration. The Tribunal directed that the first named applicant meets the specified criteria for the Subclass 500 visa.