Sowa v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 111

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Sowa v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 111 Appeal from: Sowa v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1999

File number: NSD 20 of 2019

Judges: JAGOT, BROMWICH AND THAWLEY JJ

Date of judgment: 28 June 2019

Catchwords: MIGRATION – appeal from the Federal Court of Australia dismissing an amended application for judicial review of a decision made by the Assistant Minister – jurisdictional error – whether there is a bar to the appellant making a protection visa application – whether the representations are analogous to those considered in Omar v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 279 – appeal dismissed.

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 35A, 36(1), 36(1)(c), 36(2)(a), 36(2)(aa), 36(5), 46A, 48, 48(1)(b)(ii), 48A, 65, 189, 196, 499, 501(1), 501(3A), 501(6)(a), 501(7)(c), 501CA(3), 501CA(3)(a), 501CA(3)(b), 501CA(4), 501E, 501E(2)(a) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) regs 1401, 1402, cl 2.12(c) Ministers of State Act 1952 (Cth) s 4

Cases cited: Ali v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 650 AZAFQ v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCAFC 105; (2016) 243 FCR 451 BCR16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 96; (2017) 248 FCR 456 Bochenski v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 68; 250 FCR 209 DOB18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2018] FCA 1523 DOB18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 63 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v BHA17 [2018] FCAFC 68 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Le [2016] FCAFC 120; (2016) 244 FCR 56 Omar v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 279 Plaintiff S4/2014 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] HCA 34; (2014) 253 CLR 219