2009993 (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 whether it had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review application.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicant's application for review was made within the time prescribed by the relevant legislation, which would determine the Tribunal's jurisdiction.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 15 June 2020. As this date was outside the statutory time limit for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the case. Consequently, the Tribunal made no order other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction.