2207165 (Refugee)

[2022] AATA 3415

2207165 (Refugee) [2022] AATA 3415 (8 August 2022)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  2207165

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                   Philippines

MEMBER:Nora Lamont

DATE:8 August 2022

PLACE OF DECISION:  Brisbane

DECISION:The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

Statement made on 08 August 2022 at 11:00am

CATCHWORDS
REFUGEE – protection visa – Philippines – applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements – application lodged out of time – No jurisdiction

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, ss 65, 494C
Migration Regulations 1994, r 4.31

Any references appearing in square brackets indicate that information has been omitted from this decision pursuant to section 431 of the Migration Act 1958 and replaced with generic information which does not allow the identification of an applicant, or their relative or other dependant.

statement of decision and reasons

application for review

1. This is an application for review of a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs on 18 March 2022 to refuse to grant a protection visa under s 65 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (the Act). The review application was lodged with the Tribunal on 17 May 2022. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has found that it has no jurisdiction to review the decision.

2. As the applicant was not in immigration detention on the day the applicant was notified of the decision, an application for review of the decision had to be made within 28 days, commencing on that day: reg 4.31(2) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) (the Regulations).

3. The applicant responded to the natural justice letter stating they had lost their phone and then had trouble syncing it before they found the two emails indicating that their application was out of time.

4. The material before the Tribunal indicates that the applicant was notified of the decision by letter dated 18 March 2022 and dispatched by email. The Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements.

5. The Tribunal finds that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision on 18 March 2022: s 494C of the Act. Therefore, the prescribed period to apply for review ended on 14 April 2022.

6. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 17 May 2022 the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the Tribunal has no jurisdiction in this matter.

   decision

7. The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

   Nora Lamont
   Member