2218658 (Refugee)

The applicant, a citizen of China, sought a protection visa. The delegate's decision regarding the applicant's protection visa application had previously been reviewed by the Tribunal. The applicant subsequently lodged a repeat review application concerning the same delegate's decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to review a decision that had already been the subject of a valid review.

The Tribunal reasoned that once a delegate's decision has undergone a valid review by the Tribunal, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a repeat review application concerning a decision that had already been reviewed. The Tribunal made no orders as no substantive review was undertaken.