SZQGO v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 177

SZQGO v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2012] FCA 177

Although the delay was relatively short and sufficient reasons for delay were accepted, the application for an extension of time was dismissed because the proposed appeal had no reasonable prospect of success. The Tribunal did not deny substantial justice or commit jurisdictional error by putting an apparent improbability to the applicant and assessing his answer as part of its credibility findings, nor by treating the delay in applying for a protection visa as relevant to the genuineness of his claimed fear; those matters were within the Tribunal's fact-finding and credibility-assessment function.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
02 March 2012
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal; Application for Extension of Time / Application for Extension of Time to File an Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court
Outcome
Application for an extension of time dismissed.
Legal Topics
['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'extension of Time to Appeal' 'credibility Findings']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law'] ['protection Visa' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'judicial Review' 'jurisdictional Error' 'extension of Time to Appeal' 'credibility Findings']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal; Application for Extension of Time / Application for Extension of Time to File an Appeal From the Federal Magistrates Court

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether time should be extended for the applicant to appeal from the Federal Magistrates Court judgment.' 'Whether the proposed appeal had reasonable prospects of success.' 'Whether the Tribunal committed jurisdictional error by asking the applicant to explain why he had not been harmed despite alleged threats over many years and by using his answer in assessing credibility.' "Whether the Tribunal committed jurisdictional error by treating the applicant's delay in applying for a protection visa as relevant to the genuineness of his claimed fear of persecution."]

Ratio Decidendi

Although the delay was relatively short and sufficient reasons for delay were accepted, the application for an extension of time was dismissed because the proposed appeal had no reasonable prospect of success. The Tribunal did not deny substantial justice or commit jurisdictional error by putting an apparent improbability to the applicant and assessing his answer as part of its credibility findings, nor by treating the delay in applying for a protection visa as relevant to the genuineness of his claimed fear; those matters were within the Tribunal's fact-finding and credibility-assessment function.

Court Disposition

Application for an extension of time dismissed.

Orders

  • ['The application for an extension of time be dismissed.' 'The applicant pay the costs of the first respondent.']