1906407 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The applicant sought review of a decision relating to their claim for protection, originating from Taiwan.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that it was lodged outside the prescribed time limit. The Tribunal was required to determine if the application had been made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions governing the timeframes for lodging such reviews.

The Tribunal found that the prescribed period for lodging the application for review expired on 13 March 2019. As the application was not received by the Tribunal until 18 March 2019, it was not made within the time stipulated by the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application. The Tribunal therefore made no order other than that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.