1822781 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa application. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider whether it had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been lodged within the time prescribed by the relevant legislation, which would determine whether the Tribunal possessed jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was not received until 7 August 2018. As this date was outside the statutory time limit for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no order on the merits of the protection visa application, as it was precluded from considering the matter due to the jurisdictional defect.