2215563 (Refugee)

The applicant, a citizen of China, sought review of a decision concerning their application for a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was the forum for this review.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the applicant's application for review, given that the application was lodged out of time.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 23 October 2022, which was after the statutory deadline for lodging such an application. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that the application had not been made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, and therefore, it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review.

The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction in the matter.