1612543 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application for a protection visa. The applicants sought review of a decision to dismiss their application.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicants had complied with the procedural requirements for reinstating their application after it had been dismissed. Specifically, the Tribunal had to determine if the applicants had applied for reinstatement within the prescribed timeframe.

The Tribunal reasoned that the applicants failed to apply for reinstatement of their application within the 14-day period stipulated by the relevant rules. Consequently, the Tribunal was obliged to confirm the decision to dismiss the application. The Tribunal confirmed the decision to dismiss the application.