BABOORAM (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning a Regional Employer Nomination (Permanent) visa. The applicants sought to challenge a decision that had been made regarding their visa application.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicants were located within the migration zone at the time they lodged their application for review. This determination was critical to establishing the Tribunal's jurisdiction to hear the substantive merits of the visa application.

The Tribunal found that the applicants were not in the migration zone when they made their application for review. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not properly made under section 347 of the relevant migration legislation. As a result, the Tribunal held that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review.