1827507 (Refugee)

The applicant, a citizen of Vietnam, sought review of a decision concerning their application for a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was the forum for this review.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the applicant's application for review, given that the application was lodged out of time.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 19 September 2018. As this date fell outside the timeframe prescribed by the relevant legislation for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. Consequently, the Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to proceed with the review.