1932023 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to determine whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for 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, thereby conferring jurisdiction upon the Tribunal.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 11 November 2019. As this date was outside the statutory time limit for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. The Tribunal did not have jurisdiction in this matter.