1911796 (Refugee)

The applicant, a citizen of China, sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider the application for review.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review application, given that it was lodged outside the prescribed time limit.

The Tribunal, constituted by Bridget Cullen, Member, determined that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 12 May 2019. As this date fell outside the timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no order other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.