1801677 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning their application for a protection visa. The respondent was the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. The dispute centred on whether the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's appeal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been lodged within the prescribed period, thereby conferring jurisdiction on the Tribunal.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 22 January 2018. As this date was outside the period prescribed by the relevant legislation for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no order in relation to the merits of the protection visa application, as it determined it had no jurisdiction to do so.