Calvey v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1389

Federal Court of Australia

Calvey v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 1389 Appeal from: Calvey v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] AATA 277

File number: QUD 92 of 2021

Judgment of: ABRAHAM J

Date of judgment: 10 November 2021

Catchwords: MIGRATION – cancellation of Class TY Subclass 444 Special Category (Temporary) visa under s 503(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – where applicant failed to pass character test – application for judicial review of decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) affirming a decision of the delegate not to revoke cancellation – where Tribunal misconstrued paragraph 13.2(4)(f) of Direction 79 – whether Tribunal failed to consider best interests of the applicant's children – no jurisdictional error established – application dismissed

Legislation: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 476A(1)(b), 501(3A), 501(6), 501(7), 501CA

Cases cited: Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 184; (2003) 236 FCR 593 Brown v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 141; (2015) 235 FCR 88 Calvey and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] AATA 277 Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 107; (2017) 252 FCR 352 Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 456; (1993) 43 FCR 280 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 26; (2003) 197 ALR 389 ETA067 v Republic of Nauru [2018] HCA 46; (2018) 360 ALR 228 GBV18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 17; (2020) 274 FCR 202 Kaur v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] FCAFC 70 Minister for Home Affairs v Buadromo [2018] FCAFC 151; (2018) 267 FCR 320 Minister for Home Affairs v Omar [2019] FCAFC 188; (2019) 272 FCR 589 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v DRP17 [2018] FCAFC 198; (2018) 267 FCR 492 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Maioha [2018] FCAFC 216; (2018) 267 FCR 643 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA [2019] HCA 3; (2019) 264 CLR 421 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6; (1996) 185 CLR 259 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30; (2001) 206 CLR 323 MZAPC v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2021] HCA 17; (2021) 95 ALJR 414 NABE v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (No 2) [2004] FCAFC 263; (2004) 144 FCR 1 Perez v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 450; (2002) 119 FCR 454 Say v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCAFC 84 Sebastian v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 31 Singh v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 3; (2019) 267 FCR 200