1730827 (Refugee)

The applicant, a citizen of Pakistan, sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa application. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to determine whether it had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's appeal.

The central legal issue before the AAT was whether there was a reviewable decision that could form the basis of an application for review. The applicant's protection visa application had been deemed invalid.

The AAT Member, Lilly Mojsin, reasoned that because the protection visa application was invalid, there was no reviewable decision. Consequently, the application for review was not properly made, and the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the matter. The Tribunal concluded it did not have jurisdiction.