Aul (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning the cancellation of a Bridging E (Class WE) visa, Subclass 050 (Visitor). The applicant sought review of the visa cancellation decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that the application was lodged out of time.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 29 November 2023. As this date was beyond the statutory time limit for lodging such an application, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements. Consequently, the Tribunal found that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the review application.

The Tribunal made no order other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.