2302334 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa application. The respondent was the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was required to determine whether it had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's appeal.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether there had been a "Tribunal-reviewable decision" made in relation to the applicant's protection visa application. If no such decision existed, the Tribunal would lack the necessary jurisdiction to proceed with the review.

The Tribunal found that no reviewable decision had been made. Consequently, the applicant's application for review was deemed not to have been properly made. The Tribunal concluded that it therefore lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. The Tribunal made no orders as it had no jurisdiction to do so.