There are organisations that provides Free Australian Migration Advice (Pro bono) and are authorised to provide pro bono migration agents. Only registered migration agents can provide advice. Most migration agents are non-lawyer (not lawyers) migration agents. We are migration lawyers. Our head-office is in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria Australia. We Only do not provide pro bono services it can be obtained from a community legal service and for those who have sufficient funds.
Please refer to the following list for Free Australian Migration Advice (Pro bono);
ACT
NSW
- Community Migrant Resource Centre (CMRC)
- Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force NSW (GLITF NSW)
- Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS)
- St George Migrant Resource Centre (SGMRC)
- St Vincent de Paul Society NSW
- Sydney Multicultural Community Service
- The Salvation Army NSW
- Anti-Slavery Australia, University of Technology, Sydney
NT
- Multicultural Community Services of Central Australia (MCSCA)
- Multicultural Council of the Northern Territory (MCNT)
QLD
- Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre (MRCLC)
- Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS)
- Townsville Community Legal Service (TCLS)
SA
VIC
- Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
- Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District
- Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre
- Geelong Ethnic Communities Council (GECC)
- Victorian AIDS Council – HIV/AIDS Legal Centre
- Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre (RILC)
- Springvale Monash Legal Service (SMLS)
- Tibetan Community of Australia (Victoria)
WA
- Centre for Advocacy, Support and Education for Refugees (CASE for Refugees)
- Centrecare Catholic Migrant Services
- Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre (MMRC)
Legal Aid NSW
Visa Cancellation Kit
Designed for prospective migrants who have received a visa cancellation letter from the DIAC, this kit covers the basics and provides clients some instructions and examples of how to proceed and is available here.
Discrimination toolkit
This 200 page joint publication of Legal Aid NSW, Kingsford Legal Centre and Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre is a comprehensive and helpful guide to making discrimination complaints, and is available here.
New Arrival Kits
Legal Aid NSW has developed a suite of videos comprising its New Arrivals Kits. These helpful induction tools for arrivals also include activity sheets and teacher answer sheets focused on the following topic areas:
- The legal system
- Driving rules
- Car accidents
- Buying a car
- Police
- Tenancy
- Centrelink
- Child protection
- Family law
- Family violence
Renting or Leasing a Property
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has partnered with DIBP to translate its Consumer Fact Sheet – Renting a Property – Tenant for 10 community languages – Arabic, Hazaragi, Farsi , Mandarin, Karen, Hakha-Chin, Tamil, Kurdish, Nepali, Dinka – to help its real estate agent members with non-English speaking prospective renters.
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The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has partnered with DIBP to translate its Consumer Fact Sheet – Renting a Property – Tenant for 10 community languages – Arabic, Hazaragi, Farsi , Mandarin, Karen, Hakha-Chin, Tamil, Kurdish, Nepali, Dinka – to help its real estate agent members with non-English speaking prospective renters.
My Language
With information accessible in 65 languages, the web portal My Language is a State and Territory Libraries project to promote access for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities to news, search engines, Government websites and dictionaries, with a focus on equitable access to health, education, housing and the justice services.
Australian Tax Office (ATO)
The ATO video Your business and tax on its dedicated YouTube channel is available in English, Arabic, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin and Vietnamese as part of its outreach to migrant communities.