Ahmed v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 566

Ahmed v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 566

The application for leave to appeal was dismissed with costs because the applicant failed to appear despite notice and repeated adjournments on the day. The Court also noted the apparent absence of merit because the applicant's last substantive visa ceased on 18 June 2012, requiring any relevant application by 16 July 2012, but he applied on 8 June 2016, so criterion 3001 appeared fatal to the visa application.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
23 April 2018
Procedural Posture
Application for Leave to Appeal / Dismissed for Non Appearance
Outcome
Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs for non-appearance.
Legal Topics
['medical Treatment Visa' 'criterion 3001' 'application for Leave to Appeal' 'non Appearance' 'procedural Fairness']
['administrative Law' 'migration Law'] ['medical Treatment Visa' 'criterion 3001' 'application for Leave to Appeal' 'non Appearance' 'procedural Fairness']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Leave to Appeal / Dismissed for Non Appearance

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the application for leave to appeal should be dismissed for the applicant's non-appearance." "Whether leave to appeal was required because the Federal Circuit Court's orders were interlocutory." "Whether the applicant's visa application was fatally out of time under criterion 3001 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth)." 'Whether the primary judge or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal erred in concluding that there was no basis for the application.']

Ratio Decidendi

The application for leave to appeal was dismissed with costs because the applicant failed to appear despite notice and repeated adjournments on the day. The Court also noted the apparent absence of merit because the applicant's last substantive visa ceased on 18 June 2012, requiring any relevant application by 16 July 2012, but he applied on 8 June 2016, so criterion 3001 appeared fatal to the visa application.

Court Disposition

Application for leave to appeal dismissed with costs for non-appearance.

Orders

  • ['The application for leave to appeal be dismissed with costs for reason of non-appearance pursuant to r 35.33(1)(a)(i) of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth).' 'Any application to reinstate the application for leave to appeal be accompanied by an affidavit explaining why applicant was unable to attend at the Court...