1814838 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Refugee Review Tribunal. The applicant had lodged an application for a protection visa, which was refused. The applicant then sought to have this refusal reviewed by the Tribunal, but this application for review was lodged out of time.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's application for review, given that it was lodged after the prescribed time limit.

The Tribunal, constituted by Member Justin Meyer, determined that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 22 May 2018. As this date was outside the timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. Consequently, the Tribunal made no substantive decision on the merits of the protection visa application itself.