Ramling and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Citizenship)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application for an extension of time to lodge an application for review, brought by Ramling and the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. The core of the dispute concerned whether the applicants should be granted further time to pursue their review application.

The Tribunal was required to determine whether to grant an extension of time for the applicants to lodge their application for review. This determination involved assessing the merits of the proposed review and considering whether there were any prospects of success.

The Tribunal found that the applications for review had no merit. In reaching this conclusion, the Tribunal implicitly applied the principle that an extension of time should not be granted where the underlying application lacks any reasonable prospect of success. Consequently, the Tribunal refused the applications for an extension of time. The Tribunal noted that the applicants could pursue alternative avenues by making fresh applications for Australian citizenship.