1815234 (Refugee)

[2018] AATA 2832

1815234 (Refugee) [2018] AATA 2832 (26 June 2018)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  1815234

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                  Malaysia

MEMBER:Paul Millar

DATE:26 June 2018

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

DECISION:The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

Statement made on 26 June 2018 at 8:08am

CATCHWORDS
Refugee – Protection Visa – Malaysia – Application not made within required timeframe – Tribunal does not have jurisdiction

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 4.31(2)

Any references appearing in square brackets indicate that information has been omitted from this decision pursuant to section 431 of the Migration Act 1958 and replaced with generic information which does not allow the identification of an applicant, or their relative or other dependant.

STATEMENT OF DECISION AND REASONS

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW

1. This is an application for review of a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Immigration on 26 April 2018 to refuse to grant a protection visa under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act). The review application was lodged with the Tribunal on 24 May 2018. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has found that it has no jurisdiction to review the decision.

2. As the applicant was not in immigration detention on the day the applicant was notified of the decision, an application for review of the decision had to be made within 28 days, commencing on that day: r.4.31(2) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

3. The material before the Tribunal indicates that the applicant was notified of the decision by letter dated 26 April 2018 and dispatched by email. The Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements. 

4. The Tribunal finds that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision on 26 April 2018.  Therefore the prescribed period to apply for review ended on 23 May 2018.  This was put to the applicant by the Tribunal by letter dated 1 June 2018.  By email dated 7 June 2018, the applicant submitted that his application was late because he could not access his email due to ‘security reasons’.  The decision of the delegate was sent to the email address specified by the applicant in his protection visa application form.  He is deemed to have received the decision on 26 April 2018.

5. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 24 May 2018 the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the Tribunal has no jurisdiction in this matter.

   DECISION

6. The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

   Paul Millar
   Member