Nabati (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning a Visitor (Class FA) visa, subclass 600. The applicant, identified as Nabati, sought review of a decision related to this visa.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the application for review. This question hinged on whether the prescribed application fee had been paid, or if a request for fee reduction had been made and determined.

The Tribunal reasoned that the Migration Regulations require the payment of a prescribed fee for an application for review to be valid. In this instance, the fee had not been paid, nor had any determination been made or requested regarding a reduction of that fee. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that the application for review was not valid and therefore it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the matter.

The Tribunal ordered that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.