If you are refused a student visa by the Department of Immigration, you can “appeal” that decision by seeking review in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

For de facto couples, one of the toughest parts of the partner visa process is establishing that you have been in a de facto relationship for 1 year prior to making the application for a partner visa (1 year requirement)

If you are looking to sponsor your partner to come to Australia, or looking to move to Australia to be with your partner, you have several visa options to consider.

If you have suffered family violence at the hands of your sponsor and your relationship has broken down, you can still be granted a permanent partner visa under what I will call the family violence related criteria.

Requests from the Department are not unusual and not always something to be overly concerned about. Although other times you should be.

As part of the 2020-21 Federal Budget, the Department of Home Affairs announced changes to Australia’s Partner visa program which are meant to come into effect in November 2021. 

Recently, the Department of Home Affairs recently an a number of changes to Australians Investor visa program. The changes include….

I am incredibly proud to share that our Principal Solicitor, Hamish Glenister been recognised as Lawyer of the Year (<5yrs PAE), awarded by The Law Society of Western Australia

If your visa has been cancelled under s 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) then, unless it was cancelled by the Minister personally, you have a right to apply for merits review to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

If you are unhappy with a tax assessment, tax determination, tax notice or tax decision, or with a failure to make a private tax ruling, you may object against it. This is called a taxation objection and is governed by Part IVC of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth).

My main area of practice is in seeking judicial review of migration decisions (colloquially known as appeals to the Federal Court or appealing visa decisions).

If you fail the character test, your visa application is liable to refusal under section 501(1) of the Migration Act. If you receive a notice of intention to consider refusal under section 501(1) of the Migration Act 1958, get in contact with us quickly.

Citizenship refusals most commonly occur when the applicant cannot satisfy the Minister for Immigration of their identity or cannot establish that they are of good character. Unsuccessful applicants for citizenship can apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision to refuse them citizenship.

A local government (a shire or a council) and rangers employed by the local government can make dangerous dog declarations. These declarations can have significant impacts on both the dog and the owner. If a person believes that the dangerous dog declaration has been wrongly made, there is the ability to seek review of the declaration in the State Administrative Tribunal.

If you fail the character test, your visa is liable to cancellation under section 501(2) of the Migration Act.

I have recently had some success in making complicated spent conviction applications for clients in the Magistrates Court of Western Australia.

One of the most common enquiries I have had from prospective clients is about whether they can get an extraordinary driver’s licence. The ability to apply for and obtain an extraordinary driver’s licence is reserved for those people who would be disproportionately penalised by the loss of their licence.

If you receive a notice of visa cancellation under s501(3A) of the Migration Act 1958, you must act fast if you wish to regain your visa. If you wait longer than 28 days to respond to the cancellation, in many cases you will lose your right to challenge it.