1818241 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for review, which had been lodged out of time.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, specifically concerning the timeframe for lodging such an application.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 21 June 2018. As this date fell outside the prescribed time limits for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no order in relation to the merits of the protection visa refusal, as it determined it did not have jurisdiction to do so.