1816157 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review lodged by the applicant.

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

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 2 June 2018, which was nearly one year after the prescribed period for lodging such an application expired on 27 June 2017. As the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements regarding timeframes, the Tribunal concluded it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no substantive decision on the merits of the protection visa application, as it was unable to proceed due to the jurisdictional defect.