1808271 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The review application was lodged with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the application for review, given that it was lodged outside the prescribed time limit.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 26 March 2018, which was after the statutory deadline for lodging such an application. As the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

The Tribunal therefore made no order on the merits of the protection visa application, as it had no power to do so.