Sutanto (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review concerning a Bridging E (Class WE) visa, Subclass 050 (Bridging (General)). The applicant, Mr. Sutanto, sought review of a decision, but his application was lodged with the Tribunal after the prescribed time limit.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to consider Mr. Sutanto's application for review, given that it was filed out of time. The Tribunal was required to determine if the application had been made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions governing review applications.

The Tribunal's reasoning focused on the strictness of the time limits for lodging review applications. As the application for review was received by the Tribunal on 9 April 2018, which was after the statutory deadline, the Tribunal concluded that the application had not been made in accordance with the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal held that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. The Tribunal therefore made no order on the merits of the application, as it could not proceed to consider them.