1806497 (Refugee)

The applicant, a refugee, sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The respondent was the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. The dispute concerned whether the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's application for review.

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

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 11 March 2018. As this date was outside the statutory timeframe for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case. Consequently, the Tribunal made no order in relation to the substantive application.