2107034 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs to refuse to grant a protection visa. The application for review was lodged with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the application for review, given that it was lodged more than 28 days after the applicant was notified of the decision to refuse the visa.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, specifically the time limit for lodging an application. As a consequence, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

The Tribunal made no order as to costs and dismissed the application for review.