2305553 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to determine whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for review.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been lodged within the time prescribed by the relevant legislation. Specifically, the Tribunal had to consider if the application was received by the Tribunal within the statutory timeframe.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was not received until 21 April 2023. As this date was outside the period permitted by the legislation for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case.

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