1821191 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The applicant sought to have the decision reviewed by the Tribunal, but the application was lodged after the statutory time limit had expired.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to consider the application for review, given that it was not lodged within the prescribed timeframe.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions because it was received by the Tribunal on 21 July 2018, which was outside the time limit stipulated by law. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction.