1806430 (Refugee)

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

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicant had made their application for review in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, specifically concerning the timing of its lodgement.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 9 March 2018. As this date was after the prescribed period for review had ended, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction.