Patel (Migration) [2021] AATA 3589 (7 September 2021)

DECISION RECORD
DIVISION:	Migration & Refugee Division
APPLICANTS:	Mr Kishorkumar Vitthalbhai Patel
Mrs Daxaben Kishorkumar Patel 
Master Vedant Kishor Patel 
CASE NUMBER:	1831255
HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):	BCC2016/4207756 
MEMBER:	Angela Julian-Armitage
DATE:	7 September 2021	
PLACE OF DECISION:	Brisbane
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 September 2021 at 2:07pm

CATCHWORDS 
MIGRATION – Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) – Subclass 187 – Direct Entry stream – Cook – tribunal set aside nomination application – approved nomination – position is still available to the applicant –subject of an approved nomination –decision under review remitted 

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, s 65
Migration Regulations 1994, rr 1.13, 5.19, Schedule 2, cl 187.233

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 (Cth) (the Act).
2.  	The applicants applied for the visas on 13 December 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 (Cth) (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 the Direct Entry 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 187.233(3) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations because the associated nomination was refused.
6.  	The applicants appeared before the Tribunal on 12 May 2021 to give evidence and present arguments. The applicants were represented in relation to the review by their registered migration agent. The representative attended the hearing.
7.  	For the following reasons, the Tribunal has concluded that the matter should be remitted for reconsideration.
CONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE
8.  	The issue in the present case is whether the applicant’s associated nomination has been approved.
Nomination of a position
9.  	Clause 187.233 as applicable in this case is set out in full in an attachment to this decision. Essentially, it requires 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.
10.  	In addition, this criterion also requires that:
•	the person who will employ the applicant is the person who made the 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 reg 1.13A and reg 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.
11.  	In the present case the Tribunal findings are that the applicant is employed by the nominating entity. The nomination for the position was approved by this Tribunal on 7 September 2021. Furthermore, there is no adverse information known either to the Department or this Tribunal about the applicant, the secondary applicants or any associated person within the meaning of reg 1.13A and reg 1.13B.
12.  	Therefore, cl 187.233 is met.
13.  	Given these findings, the appropriate course is to remit the visa application to the Minister to consider the remaining criteria for the visa.
14.  	The Tribunal’s finding in this decision extends to the secondary applicants, Mrs Daxaben Kishorkumar Patel and Master Vedant Kishor Patel.
decision
15.  	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. 

Angela Julian-Armitage
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.