1824274 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa application. The Refugee Tribunal, constituted by Member Justin Meyer, considered whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application.

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 the Tribunal's jurisdiction to proceed.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 20 August 2018. As this date was outside the statutory time limit for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the case.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no order on the merits of the protection visa application, as it had no jurisdiction to do so.