Ail19 v Minister for Home Affairs

The applicant, Ail19, sought judicial review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) concerning their application for a Bridging E (Class WE) visa. The applicant required a 20-day extension of time under section 477(2) of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) to lodge their application with the Federal Court.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the applicant had demonstrated reasonable prospects of success for the substantive grounds of their proposed judicial review application, which was a prerequisite for granting the extension of time sought under section 477(2).

Dowdy J considered the applicant's proposed grounds for judicial review and found that they lacked reasonable prospects of success. Consequently, the Court determined that the threshold requirement for granting an extension of time under section 477(2) had not been met. The application for an extension of time was therefore refused.