In this post I want to write about two (2) recent – well fairly recent – cases I won that had a similar set of facts. Both are tales of… read more →
RESIDENT RETURN VISA (SUBCLASSES 155 AND 157) In addition to the grant of a permanent visa you will receive an initial five (5) year “entry permit” with a validity period.… read more →
Australian Migration Department has granted 3,000 exemptions to overseas travel ban Despite approving 2,937 requests for overseas travel, over 1,000 applications have been denied in the first six weeks of… read more →
Vets ( veterinarian ) animal medics: even the best vets in the world aren’t doctors, similarly migration agents as good as they maybe are NOT Migration Lawyers. In the light… read more →
One of the truly great joys and a source of continuing interest for me as an immigration lawyer in my work is it gives me the opportunity on an almost… read more →
The Minister has powers under the Migration Act 1958 to to intervene in your case when the Minister thinks it is in the public interest to do so. What is and what… read more →
There is an old English saying – “more than one way to skin a cat” which means, if you look hard enough you will often find an alternative way to … read more →
Recently I was retained to appear at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to represent a young woman who had had her visa refused. If you or anyone you know has… read more →
Over the last quarter of a century or so that I have been helping people win the right to live in and call Australia home there have been several major… read more →
Coronavirus has change the world! This is a trite statement but I keep running into examples that makes me pause and mourn the many things we took for granted before… read more →