1832990 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider whether it had jurisdiction to hear the review application, which was lodged out of time.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions, specifically concerning the time limits for lodging such applications.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 9 November 2018. As this date fell outside the prescribed timeframes for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no orders in relation to the merits of the protection visa application, as it had no jurisdiction to do so.