1829431 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning their application for a protection visa. The core of the dispute revolved around the timeliness of the application for review lodged with the Tribunal.

The legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to consider the applicant's review application, given that it was lodged outside the prescribed timeframe.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not received until 8 October 2018. As this date fell outside the period stipulated by the relevant legislation for lodging such applications, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked the necessary jurisdiction to proceed with the review. Consequently, the Tribunal made no substantive decision on the merits of the protection visa application itself.