2306421 (Refugee)

[2023] AATA 3221

2306421 (Refugee) [2023] AATA 3221 (1 August 2023)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  2306421

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                   Samoa

MEMBER:Wendy Banfield

DATE:1 August 2023

PLACE OF DECISION:  Canberra

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

Statement made on 01 August 2023 at 3:18pm

CATCHWORDS
REFUGEE – protection visa – Samoa – application for review made more than 28 days after notification of refusal decision – no response to tribunal’s invitation to comment – no jurisdiction

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 4.31(2)

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 dependants.

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 13 March 2023 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 9 May 2023. 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 material before the Tribunal indicates that the applicant was notified of the decision by letter dated 13 March 2023 and dispatched by email. The Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements.

4. On 29 June 2023 the Tribunal wrote to the applicant inviting comment on the validity of the application for review. The applicant did not respond to the invitation.

5. The Tribunal finds that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision on 13 March 2023. Therefore, the prescribed period to apply for review ended on 9 April 2023.

6. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 9 May 2023 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.

   Wendy Banfield
   Member