2309837 (Refugee)

[2023] AATA 4052

2309837 (Refugee) [2023] AATA 4052 (18 September 2023)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  2309837

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                   Fiji

MEMBER:Roslyn Smidt

DATE:18 September 2023

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

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

Statement made on 18 September 2023 at 1:21 PM

CATCHWORDS
REFUGEE – protection visa – Fiji – review application made out of time – no jurisdiction

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 65, 494C
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 4.31

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 dependant.

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 22 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 5 July 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 22 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 17 July 2023 the applicant was advised that it appeared that her application was invalid as it had not been lodged within the relevant time frames and invited to comment. No response has been received.

5. The Tribunal finds that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision on 22 March 2023: s 494C of the Act. Therefore the prescribed period to apply for review ended on 18 April 2023.

6. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 5 July 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.

   Roslyn Smidt
   Member