SZSLA v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 944

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SZSLA v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 944 Appeal from: SZSLA v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2019] FCCA 2824

File number: NSD 2154 of 2019

Judge: COLVIN J

Date of judgment: 7 July 2020

Catchwords: MIGRATION - appeal from decision of Federal Circuit Court dismissing application for judicial review of decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal - where Tribunal affirmed delegate's decision to refuse appellants' application for partner visa - whether primary judge erred in failing to find Tribunal did not engage in active intellectual process when considering fundamental part of claim - where first appellant claimed he was father to four children in Australia - consideration of jurisdictional error on basis of failure to engage in active intellectual process in forming required state of satisfaction - appeal allowed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 65 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) Schedule 2 cl 820.211, Schedule 3 criterion 3001

Cases cited: Ali v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 1900 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin [1990] HCA 21; (1990) 170 CLR 1 AXT19 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 32 Ayoub v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 83; (2015) 231 FCR 513 BCR16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 96; (2017) 248 FCR 456 Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte [2017] HCA 8; (2017) 259 CLR 662 Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 107; (2017) 252 FCR 352 EHF17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 1681 Hands v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 225; (2018) 267 FCR 628 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34; (2018) 264 CLR 123 Khan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1987] FCA 713 Minister for Home Affairs v Omar [2019] FCAFC 188 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1; (2014) 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA [2019] HCA 3; (2019) 264 CLR 421 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30; (2018) 264 CLR 541 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH [2015] HCA 40; (2015) 256 CLR 326 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZJSS [2010] HCA 48; (2010) 243 CLR 164 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16; (2010) 240 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; (2001) 206 CLR 323 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v SGLB [2004] HCA 32 Navoto v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 135 Nobarani v Mariconte [2018] HCA 36; (2018) 265 CLR 236 Singh v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 3; (2019) 267 FCR 200 Singh v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 7 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission [1986] HCA 54; (1986) 161 CLR 141 SZQPY v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 359 Tsvetnenko v United States of America [2019] FCAFC 74; (2019) 269 FCR 225