2109143 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The applicant sought to have the AAT review a decision made by the Minister.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that the application was lodged with the Tribunal after the statutory time limit had expired.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 18 July 2021, which was outside the time prescribed by the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that the application had not been made in accordance with the statutory requirements. As a result, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application.

The Tribunal ordered that it does not have jurisdiction in this matter.