1825108 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The review was sought from 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 Member, Alison Mercer, determined that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 28 August 2018. As this date was outside the timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation for making an application for review, 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.