Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 483

Singh v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 483

The application for extension of time was dismissed because there was insufficient merit in the proposed appeal—the Tribunal did not err in treating the revocation of the skills assessment by the relevant assessing authority as determinative of the applicant's failure to satisfy the visa criterion at the time of decision, and there was no jurisdictional error in declining to revisit the factual basis for the revocation.

Parties
Applicant: Jaswinder Singh; First Respondent: Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Second Respondent: Migration Review Tribunal
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
18 May 2015
Procedural Posture
Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Determination of Extension of Time Application
Outcome
Application for extension of time dismissed with costs to the first respondent
Legal Topics
Extension of Time to Appeal, Jurisdictional Error, Visa Application—skilled Migration, Skills Assessment—revocation, Time of Decision Criterion
Administrative Law Migration Law Extension of Time to Appeal Jurisdictional Error Visa Application—skilled Migration Skills Assessment—revocation Time of Decision Criterion

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Parties

Jaswinder Singh

Applicant

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

First Respondent

Migration Review Tribunal

Second Respondent

Procedural Posture

Application for Extension of Time to Appeal / Determination of Extension of Time Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether an extension of time to appeal from the Federal Circuit Court should be granted
  2. 2 Whether the Tribunal's treatment of the revocation of skills assessment by Trades Recognition Australia resulted in jurisdictional error
  3. 3 Whether an assessment previously made but later revoked by the relevant assessing authority satisfies the 'time of decision' criterion for the grant of a subclass 880 visa

Ratio Decidendi

The application for extension of time was dismissed because there was insufficient merit in the proposed appeal—the Tribunal did not err in treating the revocation of the skills assessment by the relevant assessing authority as determinative of the applicant's failure to satisfy the visa criterion at the time of decision, and there was no jurisdictional error in declining to revisit the factual basis for the revocation.

Court Disposition

Application for extension of time dismissed with costs to the first respondent

Orders

  • The application for an extension of time be dismissed.
  • The applicant pay the first respondent's costs of the application, such costs to be taxed in default of agreement.