1812112 (Refugee)

The applicant, a citizen of China, sought review of a decision by the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection concerning a protection visa. The applicant was not in immigration detention at the time of lodging the application for review.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's application for review, given that it was lodged out of time.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not received until 27 April 2018. As this date fell outside the period prescribed by the relevant legislation for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. The Tribunal therefore made no substantive decision on the merits of the protection visa application.