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 solve a problem. This saying…
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 a matter before the AAT…
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 cases that I believe to…
Over the last 25 years or so I have managed many “business” visa applications and appeals. However currently – given the issues arising due to the Coronavirus pandemic – I have many concerned people seeking…
Department of Home Affairs website shows the minimum points cut off for 189 General Skilled Migration and 491 (Family Sponsored Migration) stands at 95 points with a total of just 100 invitations issued for both…
True the Victorian Government has announced a $45 million fund to support international students in the state who are facing financial hardship due to coronavirus pandemic and has expressed its support. “Our international students make…
It is an uncomfortable and unpleasant subject, but an important one and given the current Coronavirus pandemic, it is a subject that is on everyone’s minds. Death. It happens to the all of us. What…
My Grandfather Thomas (Tom) Robinson – the dapper one with spectacles – and his two brothers Wilfred (Wilf) and James (Jim) before the war [see insert photo above]. And then as members of the “light…
As regular readers of this and my other posts will know the Australian Government introduced a new visa to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic on 4 April 2020: the Subclass 408, it allows foreign nationals…
Although the right to work may be considered an human right for visa holders the right to work is governed by a complex set of laws and regulations. Nowhere is this more apparent when dealing…
