Moung (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning a Visitor (Class FA) visa, Subclass 600. The applicant sought review of a decision related to their visa application.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that the prescribed fee for the application had not been paid, and no request for a fee reduction had been made or determined.

The Tribunal reasoned that the payment of the prescribed fee, or a determination that the fee should be reduced, was a prerequisite for a valid application for review. As these conditions had not been met, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not valid and therefore it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review. The Tribunal made no orders as the matter was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.