Migrating to Australia

Have you ever wondered what you should do if you want to emigrate to Australia?

Let me share with you my personal experience and tell you what is the procedure to emigrate to Australia, what type of documents you need etc. The first thing you should do is to see if you're eligible. You can find out by getting in touch with the closest Australia High Commission that will be in a position to help you. Every application and case is different, that's why you may even wait up to 12 months for a application to be successful or prepared. The charges are different for every visa category. With police tests, health care details, government charges etc, the application sometimes can be very expensive.

I strongly will recommend you to use the services of an migration agent, who will help you throughout the process for immigrating to Australia. A migration agent is a lot like using a lawyer to represent you in the court. You will begin with a free consultation, then maybe have a Visa Assessment, and in the very beginning they will tell you if you are eligible for migration in Australia. If you are eligible, they will tell you all the time limits and the necessity fees for the application. They will also tell you about all the process, what documents will you need. If you decide to use a migration agent the whole process will be much easier and quicker, and you can be sure that your visa application will be submitted on time and correctly. That is why I strongly recommend to all of you who want to immigrate to Australia and don't have a lot of time and nerves, to use the help from an experienced Migration Agent in Melbourne.

Preparation for immigrating to Australia

Immigrating to Australia - the process

If you want to immigrate in Australia you will need professional advise and up to date information. Every migration agent offers many professional advice and services that include helping with visa applications, analyzing of the necessary documents, visa assessment, lodging the applications and many other services. Every migration agent must be up to date with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. The registered migration agents must be with a good character and must be good and competent and in Australian Immigration law.

Free online visa assessment before lodging an application 

Engaging with a migration agent usually is the right choice for everyone who wants to stay away from any difficulty and problem when lodging the visa application. Usually many visa applications are denied because of the insufficient documentation.

The Australian Migration Agent will help you to get the proper and best for you Australian visa and will support you any time if you have some kind of troubles. But you should know one thing, you must be armed with a lot of patience. Every visa application and case is different and the processing time depends on the type of your visa. Generally speaking most of the applicants for Australian permanent visa wait 9 to 18 months to receive an answer about their visa application.

Migration Agents in Australia - What You need to Know

Look for a registered migration agent

The migration agents in Australia has to be registered with the MARA – Migration Agents Registration Authority. An approved and registered migration agent is can give advises about the visa requirements and can help you to apply your visa application. In Australia it's ilegal to give advise about the visa requirements if you are not properly registered. If you decide to use a migration agent in Melbourne you will need to if the agent is registered with MARA. It is good to choose Registered migration agent because:

• The properly registered agents passed a individual character test, have finished a complete course in Australia Immigration Law and they must follow the Code of Conduct;
• The registered agents need to sustain their registration yearly and go to special professional seminars;
• Every properly registered agent in Melbourne, need to have updated and current access to the Migration Regulations and Migration Act;
• Each registered migration agent have the knowledge and expertise to help reduce the delays that happen by the insufficient knowledge of the migration law. By working with this kind og migration agent, you maximise your possibility of getting your visa on time;
  
  
  
  
  

  What registered migration agents should know

Australian migration agents should have a great knowledge of the migration law, to be able to help any customer with different issues. The information about you as a customer and your visa application will be kept strictly confidential. Your migration agent also has the task to keep you informed throughout the process with your visa application. Therefore the best thing you can do before choosing an agent, is to make a good research about which agent is the best for you.

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.