Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Migration – Partner visa – Criteria prescribed for grant of visa – Where Minister for Immigration and Border Protection must refuse to grant visa if not satisfied that criteria prescribed for grant of visa met – Where delegate of Minister refused to grant visa – Review of decision by Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Where Tribunal not satisfied that visa application made within 28 days or that there were compelling reasons for not applying that criterion – Where Tribunal also not satisfied that visa applicant did not have outstanding debts to the Commonwealth or that appropriate arrangements had been made for payment of debts – Where Tribunal made error of law by assessing whether compelling reasons existed as at time of visa application instead of as at time of Tribunal's decision – Whether error of law in relation to one criterion was jurisdictional error where another criterion was not met.

Words and phrases – "compelling reasons", "discretion to refuse relief", "error of law", "error of law on the face of the record", "fundamental error", "independent basis", "jurisdictional error", "materiality", "non-jurisdictional error", "reasonably and on a correct understanding and application of the applicable law", "residual discretion", "satisfied", "void", "voidable".

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – s 65.

Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) – Sched 2, cll 820.211, 820.223, Sched 4, public interest criterion 4004.