1815455 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Refugee Tribunal concerning a protection visa. The Tribunal had previously made a decision, and the applicant lodged an application for review of that decision.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's review application, given that it was lodged outside the time prescribed by the relevant legislation.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 27 May 2018, which was after the statutory deadline. The Tribunal had notified the applicant of this issue by letter dated 4 June 2018, but received no response. Applying the relevant legislative provisions, the Tribunal concluded that because the application was not made in accordance with the statutory requirements, it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no substantive decision on the merits of the protection visa application, instead finding that it did not have jurisdiction in the matter.