1820043 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Refugee Tribunal concerning a protection visa. The applicant was not in immigration detention at the time of lodging the review application. The central dispute concerned whether the Refugee Tribunal had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's application for review, which was lodged after the prescribed time limit.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that it was lodged outside the statutory timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements because it was received by the Tribunal on 10 July 2018, which was beyond the permitted time for lodgement. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. The Tribunal therefore made no order in relation to the merits of the protection visa application.