1826137 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The respondent was the Tribunal. The dispute concerned whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's application for review.

The primary 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.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 7 September 2018. As this date was outside the statutory timeframe for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter.

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