Abdul Manaff (Migration)

This matter concerned an application for review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) in relation to a Bridging C (Class WC) visa. The applicant, Abdul Manaff, sought to have the AAT review a decision, but the Tribunal ultimately found it lacked jurisdiction.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's review application. This question hinged on whether the application for review was validly made, specifically concerning the payment of the application fee and a subsequent request for a fee reduction.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not valid because the prescribed period for making such an application expired on 20 July 2017. Crucially, the Tribunal did not receive payment of the application fee within this period, and a request for a fee reduction was only received after the valid review period had ended. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it had no jurisdiction to hear the matter.