1921598 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning their application for a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider whether it had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been lodged within the time prescribed by the relevant legislation, and consequently, whether the Tribunal possessed jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 5 August 2019. As this date was outside the statutory time limit for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review. The Tribunal therefore determined that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.