1901085 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The review was before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that the application was lodged out of time.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 16 January 2019, which was after the prescribed time limit. As the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application.

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