1808916 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for review, which had been lodged outside the prescribed time limit.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions, specifically concerning the timeframes for lodging such applications.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 31 March 2018. As this date fell outside the statutory time limit for making an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked the necessary jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no orders in relation to the merits of the protection visa refusal, as it determined it did not have jurisdiction to proceed.