1607577 (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application for review by an applicant concerning a decision made under the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth). The central dispute revolved around whether the applicant had lodged their application for review within the time prescribed by the relevant legislation.

The Tribunal was required to determine the date on which the applicant was taken to have been notified of the original decision, and consequently, the date by which the application for review must be lodged. This determination was crucial to establishing whether the Tribunal possessed jurisdiction to hear the substantive merits of the application.

Applying section 494C of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth), the Tribunal found that the applicant was taken to have been notified of the decision on 3 March 2015. This established 12 March 2015 as the final day for lodging a review application. As the application was received on 26 May 2016, it was lodged significantly out of time. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded it had no jurisdiction to consider the matter.