1926454 (Refugee)

The applicant sought a review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The Refugee Tribunal, constituted by Mireya Hyland, Member, considered whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application.

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 if not, whether the Tribunal possessed jurisdiction to consider the matter.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 19 September 2019. As this date was outside the statutory timeframe for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it had no jurisdiction to proceed with the review. Consequently, the Tribunal made no order on the merits of the protection visa application.