Deepti v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 1320

Deepti v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 1320

The appeal was dismissed because the appellants' grounds sought impermissible merits review and did not identify any reviewable error. The later employer nomination could not affect the outcome, and the appellants did not show error in the Federal Circuit Court's conclusion that the Tribunal's refusal to grant further time was not legally unreasonable.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 November 2017
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal Concerning Refusal of Regional Employer Nomination (permanent) (class Rn) Visa / Appeal to the Federal Court of Australia From the Federal Circuit Court
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['regional Sponsored Migration Scheme Visa' 'employer Nomination' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'merits Review' 'procedural Fairness']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['regional Sponsored Migration Scheme Visa' 'employer Nomination' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'merits Review' 'procedural Fairness']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal Concerning Refusal of Regional Employer Nomination (permanent) (class Rn) Visa / Appeal to the Federal Court of Australia From the Federal Circuit Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the appellants identified any reviewable error in the Federal Circuit Court's decision or the Tribunal's decision-making process." "Whether the Tribunal's refusal to grant further time to lodge or rely on a new visa application or employer nomination was legally unreasonable." 'Whether the appeal impermissibly sought merits review.']

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was dismissed because the appellants' grounds sought impermissible merits review and did not identify any reviewable error. The later employer nomination could not affect the outcome, and the appellants did not show error in the Federal Circuit Court's conclusion that the Tribunal's refusal to grant further time was not legally unreasonable.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The first appellant be appointed, pursuant to rr 9.61 and 9.62 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), as the legal representative of her children, who are the third and fourth appellants in these proceedings.' 'The appeal be dismissed with costs.']