2119225 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs concerning their application for 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 the application was received by the Tribunal after the prescribed time limit.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was not received until 15 December 2021. As this date was outside the timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not made in accordance with the law. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

The Tribunal made no order other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.