Heenatigala v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCA 346

Heenatigala v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCA 346

The appeal was dismissed because the appellants had adequate notice of the hearing, failed to appear and provided no adequate explanation for their non-appearance, and because the materials filed or provided disclosed no arguable jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's decision and no arguable ground of appeal from the Federal Circuit Court. The withdrawn employer nomination meant the applicable visa criterion in cl 187.233 could not be met, and the reasons for the withdrawal were not legally relevant.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
05 April 2022
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia / Appeal Dismissed After Appellants Did Not Appear
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['regional Employer Nomination (permanent) (subclass 187) Visas' 'direct Entry Stream' 'judicial Review of Migration Decisions' 'jurisdictional Error' 'dismissal for Non Appearance']
['migration' 'administrative Law'] ['regional Employer Nomination (permanent) (subclass 187) Visas' 'direct Entry Stream' 'judicial Review of Migration Decisions' 'jurisdictional Error' 'dismissal for Non Appearance']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From the Federal Circuit Court of Australia / Appeal Dismissed After Appellants Did Not Appear

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the appeal should be dismissed under r 36.75 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) because the appellants failed to appear.' "Whether the materials filed by the appellants disclosed any arguable ground of jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's decision or any arguable appealable error by the Federal Circuit Court." 'Whether the withdrawal of the employer nomination meant that cl 187.233 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) could not be satisfied.']

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was dismissed because the appellants had adequate notice of the hearing, failed to appear and provided no adequate explanation for their non-appearance, and because the materials filed or provided disclosed no arguable jurisdictional error in the Tribunal's decision and no arguable ground of appeal from the Federal Circuit Court. The withdrawn employer nomination meant the applicable visa criterion in cl 187.233 could not be met, and the reasons for the withdrawal were not legally relevant.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed pursuant to r 36.75 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth).' "The appellants pay the first respondent's costs of the appeal."]