There are more than 140 types of visas, and Australian migration law is extremely
complex and is always changing. Australian migration law system in contrast to some
countries has no room for discretion of a visa officer. The whole process of applying
for a visa and granting a visa is governed by law and regulation. There are various
set of rules applicable to migration related matters including Migration Act 1958,
Migration Regulation 1994, Migration Agents Regulations 1998, Acts Interpretation
Act, Marriage Act, Section 499 Directions, and Immigration Department’s Policy Guidelines.
All these necessitate a legal approach to the process of applying for a visa.
The strong legal background of the firm’s partners enables us to legally analyze
the Migration Act, Regulations and Procedure Advice Manual and apply them to the
certain facts of a given client’s case. We provide a comprehensive legal submission
to accompany your application for a visa. This legal submission will address each
regulation and how you satisfy that regulation. The application form only gives
your basic details, and it does not show that you satisfy all relevant regulatory
criteria as set out in the regulations, Act and Department’s Policy Guidelines.
The legal submission comprehensively demonstrates that you satisfy each and every
regulatory and legal visa criteria. This is our specialty and what will give you
the edge over the rest.
It is sometimes thought that applying for an Australian visa is a simple process
but this is incorrect as complex legal, regulatory and policy criteria must usually
be satisfied if a visa is to be granted and many visa applications are refused because
applicants do not fully understand these requirements or fail to provide the Department
of Immigration with all necessary information and documents.
Having a skilled migration lawyer represent you throughout the application process
will ensure that the application is prepared and presented in a professional manner
and in accordance with legal and policy requirements and will give you the best
possible chance of having a visa granted in the shortest possible time.
We will save your time and get you your visa faster by:
- Assistance in preparing migration applications with attention to details. As details
are very important in the migration law and incorrectly completed application forms
will not only delay your application by months but may also lead to a refusal.
- Submitting all required documents and supporting material together with the application.
- Including a comprehensive legal submission that allows the decision maker to make
a faster assessment.
The rejection of a visa application can have an enormous financial and personal
impact on the future of a visa applicant and their family and mean that an opportunity
to migrate to Australia is lost forever. We will be with in all the steps of applying
for an Australian visa to ensure that this will not happen to you.