1820665 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The review was before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

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

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 16 July 2018, which was after the statutory deadline for lodging such an application. As the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no order in relation to the merits of the protection visa application, as it was unable to proceed due to the jurisdictional defect.