Sam (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered a Partner (Temporary) (Class UK) visa, Subclass 820 (Spouse), application. The applicant sought review of a delegate's decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision, given that the same primary decision had previously been the subject of a valid review by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal reasoned that once a decision has been validly reviewed by it, that decision is no longer a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a second review of the same primary decision. The Tribunal concluded that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.