Cakiroglu Tezgel (Migration)

This matter concerned an application for review of a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) in relation to a Skilled (Provisional) (Class VC) visa, Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa. The applicant, Mr. Cakiroglu Tezgel, sought review of a decision, but the application for review was lodged with the Tribunal after the prescribed time limit.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear Mr. Tezgel's application for review, given that the application was not received by the Tribunal until 12 April 2018, which was outside the statutory timeframe for lodging such applications.

The Tribunal, constituted by Member Amanda Mendes Da Costa, determined that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements due to its late lodgement. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked the necessary jurisdiction to consider the merits of Mr. Tezgel's application. The Tribunal therefore made no order other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.