1720994 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning a protection visa. The applicant failed to appear at the hearing of their application. The Tribunal dismissed the application due to the applicant's non-appearance.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether to confirm its earlier decision to dismiss the application, given that the applicant had not sought to have the application reinstated within the prescribed 14-day period.

The Tribunal applied the relevant procedural rules, which stipulate that if an applicant fails to apply for reinstatement within the specified timeframe after a dismissal for non-appearance, the Tribunal must confirm the dismissal. Consequently, the decision under review, which was the dismissal of the protection visa application, was affirmed. The Tribunal confirmed its decision to dismiss the application.