Jiang v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 369

Jiang v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 369

The appeal was dismissed because the Tribunal did not rely on the prior allegations made by Ms Zhang to the Department in deciding whether to waive PIC 4020(1), so those allegations were not the reason or part of the reason for affirming the delegate's decision and s 359A was not engaged. The appellant also failed to prove, on the material before the primary judge, that she was an innocent victim of third party fraud and neither complicit in nor indifferent to the provision of the bogus invoice; therefore an invalid or vitiated visa application was not established.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
19 March 2019
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From Dismissal of Judicial Review Application / Appeal From Orders of the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing an Application for Judicial Review of an Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Subclass 892 Visa
Outcome
Appeal dismissed.
Legal Topics
['subclass 892 Visa' 'public Interest Criterion 4020' 'bogus Document' 'procedural Fairness Under S 359 a of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)' 'jurisdictional Error' 'third Party Fraud' 'waiver Under PIC 4020(4)']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['subclass 892 Visa' 'public Interest Criterion 4020' 'bogus Document' 'procedural Fairness Under S 359 a of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)' 'jurisdictional Error' 'third Party Fraud' 'waiver Under PIC 4020(4)']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From Dismissal of Judicial Review Application / Appeal From Orders of the Federal Circuit Court Dismissing an Application for Judicial Review of an Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of a Subclass 892 Visa

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Tribunal failed to comply with s 359A of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) by not giving the appellant particulars of allegations made by Ms Zhang to the Department and inviting comment on them.' "Whether allegations made by Ms Zhang were the reason, or part of the reason, for the Tribunal affirming the delegate's decision." 'Whether fraudulent conduct by third parties in relation to the bogus invoice vitiated the visa application process so that the visa application was invalid.' 'Whether the appellant proved that she was an innocent victim of third party fraud and was neither complicit in nor indifferent to the fraud.']

Ratio Decidendi

The appeal was dismissed because the Tribunal did not rely on the prior allegations made by Ms Zhang to the Department in deciding whether to waive PIC 4020(1), so those allegations were not the reason or part of the reason for affirming the delegate's decision and s 359A was not engaged. The appellant also failed to prove, on the material before the primary judge, that she was an innocent victim of third party fraud and neither complicit in nor indifferent to the provision of the bogus invoice; therefore an invalid or vitiated visa application was not established.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The first appellant pay the first respondent's costs of and incidental to the appeal, as agreed or assessed."]