1603658 (Migration)

This matter concerned an application for review before the Tribunal, brought by an applicant who had not paid the prescribed fee. The Tribunal, constituted by Member Mary Cameron, was required to determine whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the application in the absence of the requisite fee payment.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether an application for review could be considered valid and properly before the Tribunal when the prescribed fee had not been paid, and no request for a fee reduction had been made or determined.

The Tribunal reasoned that the payment of the prescribed fee, or a determination that the fee should be reduced, was a prerequisite for a valid application for review. In the absence of either of these conditions being met, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the matter. Accordingly, the Tribunal determined that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.