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We recommend you to obtain proper independent legal advice.
Immigration lawyers may specialize in different areas!
Immigration lawyers need to be familiar with a range of laws including the Australian Migration Act (almost 800 pages), Migration Regulations (around 1,900 pages). This is in addition to the plethora of policy guidelines, Ministerial Directions, Court judgments of the Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and High Court Decisions.
There are Agents (non-lawyers) & Migration Lawyers. Many illegal agents operate in and outside Australia. Unprofessional or unethical behaviour by alleged agents can seriously impact on the lives of people using their services and bring the profession into disrepute.
Privacy Act & Client Confidentiality
Privacy Act 1988 contains Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). Although we are not bound by them, we however as a matter of internal policy and in complying with our obligations under various laws and standards adhere to the underlying values contained in the APPs. The personal information you provide to us is collected, used and disclosed to other entities in the continuance of your matter where you have a reasonable expectation that your personal information will be used and disclosed by us. In relation to immigration matters this could include, but not limited to, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, skills assessing authorities, your sponsor (family sponsor or employer sponsor/nominator), regional certifying bodies (visa subclass 187), State or Territory Governments (for sponsorship/nomination purposes, for example subclass 132, 188, 190, 487, 489, 887 and 888 visas); and the Australian Federal Police and/or foreign police services (where you request us to apply for police clearances on your behalf) (Source: MIA).
Due to certain conflicts, we are unable to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Visa Assessment
Online Visa Eligibility Assessment form, including the preliminary assessments and interviews, provides a preliminary indication only and is not a full and proper visa assessment. The full and proper visa assessment will be undertaken at the last stages of the process when you have provided all the required information for such an assessment (please refer to the three step process on our web page). We are not liable for any loss or damage directly or indirectly caused by a person’s reliance on information obtained from the preliminary assessment result and interviews. Your reliance on the preliminary assessment result and interviews is entirely at your own risk. To the full extent permitted by applicable law, we cannot accept any responsibility and liability, in the absence of a written agreement. We recommend you obtain full and proper legal advice as and when required.
IMPORTANT LINKS
Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) – https://www.mara.gov.au/ Code of conduct – https://www.mara.gov.au/becoming-an-agent/professional-standards-and-obligations/code-of-conduct/