Catchwords:

MIGRATION – appeal from orders dismissing application for judicial review of a migration decision – respondent Minister refusing to grant the appellant a visa in the exercise of the power conferred by s 501(1) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – whether appellant made a claim that his wife and child would be at risk of harm if the visa was refused so as to give rise to an obligation in the Minister to consider it – whether Minister in fact considered such a claim – whether such failure amounted to jurisdictional error in the circumstance of the case – whether breach of rules of procedural fairness – whether constructive failure on the part of the Minister to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by s 501(1)