1805691 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The applicant sought a review of a previous decision, but the Tribunal found that the application for review was lodged outside the prescribed timeframe.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's further application for review. This depended on whether the application was made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions, specifically concerning the timing of lodgement.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not received until 4 March 2018. As this date fell outside the period permitted by the relevant legislation for making such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review. Consequently, the Tribunal made no substantive findings on the merits of the protection visa application itself.