Pun (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning a Visitor (Class FA) visa, Subclass 500 (Student). The applicant sought review of a decision, but the application for review was lodged out of time.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that the application was not received by the Tribunal within the prescribed timeframe.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements because it was received by the Tribunal on 7 May 2018, after the statutory deadline. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application. The Tribunal therefore made no order in relation to the substantive application for review.