AIS18 v Minister for Home Affairs

The applicant, AIS18, sought judicial review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) that refused to grant her a Protection (Class XA) (Subclass 866) visa. The application was heard by Dowdy J in the Federal Court of Australia.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the applicant should be granted an extension of time under section 477(2) of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) to file her application for judicial review. This required the Court to consider whether the applicant had reasonable prospects of success in the proposed substantive grounds of her judicial review application.

Dowdy J found that the applicant's proposed grounds for judicial review lacked reasonable prospects of success. Consequently, the Court determined that it was not in the interests of justice to grant the requested 148-day extension of time. The application for an extension of time was therefore refused.