1838115 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa application. The application for review was lodged with the Tribunal on 30 December 2018, which was after the prescribed period for lodging such an application.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to consider the application for review, given that it was lodged outside the statutory time limit. This required determining whether the Tribunal had any discretion to extend the prescribed period for making an application for review.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation because it was received after the prescribed period. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it had no jurisdiction to hear the matter. The Tribunal expressed sympathy for the applicants but was bound by the legislative requirements.

The Tribunal made no orders other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.