Vo v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 108

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Vo v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 108 Appeal from: Vo v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCCA 3609

File number: WAD 603 of 2018

Judges: DERRINGTON, BANKS-SMITH AND COLVIN JJ

Date of judgment: 25 June 2019

Catchwords: MIGRATION - appeal from decision of the Federal Circuit Court dismissing application for review of decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirming delegate's decision to refuse the appellant's application for a Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) (Class RN) visa - consideration of the proper interpretation of reg 1.05A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) - whether the primary judge was in error in not finding jurisdictional error by the Tribunal - whether the Tribunal misconstrued the statutory provisions - whether the Tribunal failed to have regard to evidence of the appellant's dependence on her son - whether the Tribunal's adverse findings lacked an evident and intelligible justification - whether the Tribunal's decision was legally unreasonable - where the Tribunal failed to discharge the statutory task - appeal allowed

Legislation: Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) regs 1.05A, 1.10A, 1.12, 1.15A, Schedule 2 cl 187.311

Cases cited: Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 184; (2003) 236 FCR 593 CQG15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 146; (2016) 253 FCR 496 DAO16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 2; (2018) 258 FCR 175 ETA067 v The Republic of Nauru [2018] HCA 46 Fernandez v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCCA 1698 Fernandez v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1265; (2015) 238 FCR 251 Hembury v Chief of the General Staff [1998] HCA 47; (1998) 193 CLR 641 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34 IceTV Pty Limited v Nine Network Australia Pty Limited [2009] HCA 14; (2009) 239 CLR 458 Kalbasi v Western Australia [2018] HCA 7 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; (2001) 206 CLR 323 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1; (2014) 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11; (2016) 237 FCR 1 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSRS [2014] FCAFC 16 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu [1999] HCA 21; (1999) 197 CLR 611 Rural Press Limited v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2003] HCA 75; (2003) 216 CLR 53 Tran v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 297 Tsvetnenko v United States of America [2019] FCAFC 74 Viane v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 116