Karzi (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered the application of Mr Karzi for a Medical Treatment (Visitor) (Class UB) visa, subclass 602. The dispute concerned whether the Tribunal had the jurisdiction to consider Mr Karzi's application for review, given that it was lodged outside the prescribed time limits.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed the power to extend the time limit for lodging an application for review, or if the application was invalid due to being lodged out of time, thereby divesting the Tribunal of jurisdiction.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 15 January 2019, which was outside the period prescribed by the relevant legislation. The Tribunal concluded that it had no power to extend these statutory time limits and, consequently, lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. The Tribunal therefore held that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.