Pootaloon (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning a Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa, Subclass 500. The applicant sought to have a decision reviewed, but the application was lodged outside the prescribed time limit.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the review application, given that it was made out of time. Additionally, the Tribunal was required to consider the implications of the prescribed fee not having been paid and the applications not being made in the approved form.

The Tribunal, constituted by Jade Murphy, Member, determined that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed. This conclusion was based on the fact that the review application was not made within the statutory timeframe. Furthermore, the absence of payment of the prescribed fee and the failure to lodge the applications in the approved form were also critical factors in the Tribunal's determination that it could not exercise its jurisdiction in this matter.