Using an Immigration Agent to migrate to Australia

Australia Perth (Photo credit: Kenny Teo (zoompict))

Why Australia?

Australia has the image of a country with optimal living conditions and opportunities to achieve the perfect balance between work and private life. This has made Australia one of the top destinations that foreigners choose as their second home. Quality of life, beautiful and exotic nature,
education and work opportunities make the number of foreigners wishing to immigrate to Australia increase every year.

How can you move to Australia?

Australia has strict laws and procedures when it comes to immigration. If you are thinking about migrating to Australia, it might be a good idea to consult a migration agent.

Using a migration agent is not essential to move in Australia. It actually depends completely on the ability to make a successful visa application. Somehow, it is a little bit like determining if you want to use an accounting professional to submit the return tax, or use a solicitor to make your Will.

It is individual choice. Many people feel confident to do it by themselves and do it effectively and successfully, and other people choose to use an expert consultant.

If you choose to use a registered migration agent in Australia, the offered services usually will include:

• Giving you advice about what kind of visa is best for you if you are in or out of Australia;
• Offering you a real and sincere opinion about your possibilities of success;
• Giving you a strong, written quote of their charges to represent you, which includes information about the application components, for example translation and medicals costs that will represent other extra costs;
• Ensuring that the needed application documents are of a standard that complies with the Australian Department of Immigration and the Citizenship's requirements;
• Helping you with any specific difficulties;
• Ensuring that your visa application form is finished right and correctly along with the right charge, - this means that your application is valid, because the Department can't accept invalid visa application;
• Making legal submission to support your visa application and represent you in the best light;
• Lodging the application, monitor the progress;
• In the case that your visa application is not approved/unsuccessful, applying for Ministerial intervention, submit the appeal and represent you at the tribunal court date.
  
  

  

One of the most important things you should know when choosing a migration agent is that the agent must be registered at the Migration Agents Registration Authority – MARA. It is a criminal act for the unregistered agents to provide advice.