Immigration Law Fundamentals for All Lawyers
Gain a practical understanding of immigration law and a toolkit to deal with immigration law matters and clients. For all legal practitioners looking to begin or build their immigration law practice, this program provides an immigration law overview and a guide to navigate the most common visa classes & subclasses and the critical practice and procedure you need to get right. Experienced immigration lawyers will walk you through the maze of regulations while providing step by step guidelines.
Description
Attend and earn 9 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Session 1
Introduction to Immigration Law, Skilled Migration and Employer Sponsored Visas
Friday, 31 July 2020
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
MIGRATION AGENTS ATTEND LIVE ONLINE CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBER SM497
MIGRATION AGENTS ATTENDING ON DEMAND CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBER DN299
The passing of the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019 has created a significant opportunity for all lawyers wanting to practice in immigration law. This session will provide an introduction to immigration law, skilled migration visas, temporary and permanent employer visas, and more. Explore foundation concepts and the building blocks for mastering visa applications. Then walk through these key visas and how to expertly navigate each one of them.
Chair: Carina Ford, Managing Partner, Carina Ford Lawyers; Accredited Immigration and Administrative Law Specialist
9.00am to 9.45am: Introduction to Immigration Law Practice and Procedure for Visa Applications
- Legislative basis for visa applications; an overview
- Understanding the importance of legislatively defined terms
- The importance of a valid visa application and how to make one
- Where to find requirements for each visa
- Schedule 8 of the Regulations as it relates to new visa applications
- Section 46/46A/48/48A/48B/49 of the Act
Presented by Richard Timpson, Principal Solicitor, Timpson Immigration Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
9.45am to 10.30am: Skilled Migration (Independent) Visa and Student Visas
- Expression of Interest for 2020/2021: Sub-classes 189 and 491 (family)
- Visas on hold pending Commonwealth new program: Sub-classes 190 and 491
- New visa arrangements for Hong Kong passport holders and pathways to permanent residency
- Genuine Temporary Entrant; students re-enrolling in courses
- Hong Kong students: visa exceptions
Presented by Valerie Dagama Pereira, Barrister and Solicitor, Da Gama Pereira & Associates; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; Best Lawyers 2020, Immigration Law
10.30am to 10.40am Morning Tea
10.40am to 11.25am: Permanent Employer Nomination Visas
- An overview of the Employer Nomination Stream visa program
- Subclass 186 and 187 nominations and visa applications
- Direct Entry and Temporary Residence Transition Streams
Presented by Rick Gunn, Partner, Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers; Accredited Immigration Law Specialist
11.25am to 12.10pm: A Guide to Temporary Employer Sponsored Visas
- An overview of the Temporary Employer Sponsored Visa program
- Standard business sponsorship and temporary activities sponsorship
- Subclass 482 and 494 nominations and visa applications
- Subclass 403, 407 and 408 visas
Presented by Sophie Manera, Principal Solicitor, Rothstein Lawyers
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Session 2
Family Visas, Bridging and Business Innovation & Investment Program Visas
Friday, 7 August 2020
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
MIGRATION AGENTS ATTEND LIVE ONLINE CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBER SM498
MIGRATION AGENTS ATTENDING ON DEMAND CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBER DN300
Gain step by step guidelines on family visas, bridging visas and the business innovation and investment program visa. You will obtain essential legal requirements, procedures and issues, including sponsorship requirements. This is a must attend seminar for all legal practitioners looking to begin or build their immigration law practice.
Chair: Anthony Robinson, Principal Solicitor, AR Law Services
9.00am to 10.00am: Bridging Visas and what this Means for your Clients
- Why have bridging visas
- Guide from A to R
- Grant and coming into effect
- Conditions like “No work” and how to change them
- Cancellation issues
Presented by Simon Jeans, Principal, Jeans Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
10.00am to 11.00am: Business Innovation and Investment Program Visas
- An overview of the Business Innovation and Investment Program
- Understanding the key differences between the streams of the Subclass 188
- How to progress to permanent residency through the different streams of the subclass 888 and subclass 132
- Tips and traps when preparing business skills visa applications
Presented by Lena Hung, Principal, Lena Hung & Associates;Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
11.00am to 11.10am Morning Tea
11.10am to 12.10pm: Sponsored Parent Visas, Partner Visas and Family Sponsored Visas
- An overview of the visas
- Preparing high quality applications
- Common problems and how to avoid or fix them
Presented by Peter Bollard, Senior Consultant, Lewis & Bollard; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
Register here for Session 2 only
Session 3
Immigration Law: Criteria, Appealing Cancellations & Refusals and Merits Review
Friday, 14 August 2020
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
MIGRATION AGENTS ATTEND LIVE ONLINE CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBER SM499
MIGRATION AGENTS ATTENDING ON DEMAND CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBER DN301
Examine key practices and procedures in visa applications that include character provisions, public interest criteria and health criteria. Work through how to appeal visa cancellations and gain tips for navigating the merits review process.
Chair: Catherine Symons, Barrister, Young’s List
9.00am to 10.00am: Overview of Public Interest Criteria
- Overview of Public Interest Criteria (PIC) and the background towards their use
- Exploration of the PIC most likely to be encountered in practice
- How to manage a client situation with a PIC impediment; a case study
- Curating a suitable visa strategy with a view to a longer term PIC compliance; a case study
Presented by Richard Timpson, Principal Solicitor, Timpson Immigration Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
10.00am to 11.00am: Character Provisions
- Character Provisions under section 501 of the Migration Act
- Ministerial Direction No.79
- Relevant legislative provisions and policy
Presented by Raymond Turner, Solicitor and Migration Agent, Turner Coulson Immigration Lawyers Pty Limited; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
11.00am to 11.10am Morning Tea
11.10am to 12.10pm: Appealing and Challenging Visa Cancellations and Refusals: Merits Review
- Function and operation of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
- Jurisdiction of the AAT and the law
- Migration, Refugee and General divisions of the AAT
- Role of a migration lawyer at the AAT
- Preparing your client for an AAT appeal (cancellations and refusals)
Presented by Samantha Fitzsimons, Director and Gerard Gleeson, Lawyer, Abode Migration Lawyers
Register here for Session 3 only
Presenters
Carina Ford, Managing Partner, Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers
Carina Ford is a Fellow of the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA), and a member of the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) Immigration and Administrative Law Specialisation Law Committees, the Migration Law Committee (of which she was also chairperson in 2009 and 2010), the Legacy Caseload working group and the Refugee Law Reform Committee. She is also a member of the Steering committee of the Law Council of Australia. She has been a registered migration agent since 1998 and is also a registered New Zealand Migration Adviser and a member of the NZAMI.
Richard Timpson, Principal Solicitor, Timpson Immigration Lawyers
Richard Timpson, is an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law and a Registered Migration Agent, bound by the Code of Conduct. He assists people to settle in Australia legally, without risk by firstly identifying what their future looks like to them. Whether it is to grow their business with offshore skills, maintain employer compliance with legal obligations, give security to them and their family, through to permanent residency and citizenship.
Valerie Dagama Pereira, Barrister and Solicitor, Da Gama Pereira & Associates
Valerie Da Gama Pereira is Principal Lawyer of Da Gama Pereira & Associates and an Accredited Immigration Law Specialist and a Registered Migration Agent since 1992. Valerie practices Immigration Law and Tech startup law. Valerie has been involved in a number of court cases in matters against the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. Valerie is registered with the State Bar of California as a Foreign Legal Consultant. She is the Deputy Chair of the Law Council of Australia’s Migration Law Committee, Member of Administrative Law and Human Rights Committee, Ex Chair of the Migration Law Committee, Law Institute of Victoria, and Member of Accredited Specialisation (Immigration law) Education and Exams.
Rick Gunn, Partner, Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers
Rick has extensive experience with all areas of migration law, including skilled migration, business migration (in particular 457 / TSS, ENS and RSMS applications), complex appeals and family migration. He is a regular presenter of migration law and is a member of the MIA, LIV and ILAA. Rick is a member of the Hockey Victoria Disciplinary Tribunal. He is fluent in German.
Sophie Manera, Principal Solicitor, Rothstein Lawyers
Sophie Manera is the principal solicitor of Rothstein Lawyers, a boutique law firm specialising in immigration and employment law. She became a partner in the firm aged 27, and took over from her mentor and business partner (who retired) aged 28. Sophie specialises in complex migration matters, including representing clients with character and health concerns, business migration, representing clients at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and courts and making requests for Ministerial Intervention. Sophie is the Vice-President of the Migration Institute of Australia’s Western Australia State Committee and is the chairperson of the mentoring subcommittee.
Day 2
Anthony Robinson, Principal Solicitor, AR Law Services
Anthony is a barrister, and a solicitor in migration for 20 years. He is a committee member of the LIV’s Migration Law Committee.
As an officer of the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Supreme Court of SA, Anthony represents applicants in the Migration Review Tribunal (MRT). He also takes instructions, gives advice and draws submissions; and appears before the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT), the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), the Federal Courts and High Court of Australia. Anthony has extensive knowledge of Civil litigation debt recovery, labour and employment law, commercial matters, contractual issues and criminal defence work.
Simon Jeans, Principal, Jeans Lawyers
Simon Jeans has been practising law since 1989 and is an accredited specialist in immigration law. Simon is listed by Best Lawyers for Australia in Immigration Law. Simon has worked as an advocate for refugees and migrants with the Jesuit Refugee Service, RACS, Legal Aid(NSW), UNHCR and in his law firm. Simon was a member of the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal from 2010-2015. Simon has been engaged by the College of Law in 2019-20 as an assessor and external moderator for the Capstone Migration Agents exam.
Lena Hung, Principal, Lena Hung & Associates;Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
Lena Hung is the Principal of Lena Hung and Associates and is an Accredited Immigration Law Specialist based in Melbourne, with over 15 years of experience in migration law. She is actively involved in migration law committees. She is the current Chair of Administrative Law and Human Rights section of the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) since 2019. She is a Committee Member of Migration Law Committee (Law Council of Australia), LIV’s Specialisation - Immigration Law Advisory Committee and also a Committee Member of LIV’s Migration Law Committee. She is an Accredited Educator for the Migration Institute of Australia and has taught hundreds of migration lawyers and RMAs in key migration areas including business skills, employer sponsorship, skilled migration, student visas, family migration, and visa cancellations.
Peter Bollard, Senior Consultant, Lewis & Bollard
Peter Bollard is Lewis & Bollard resident expert and Law Society of New South Wales accredited specialist migration lawyer. Peter is regarded as one of Australia's leading migration lawyers and is a prolific writer and commentator whose expert opinion is regularly sought by his peers. In 2008 the Australian Financial Review began publishing its list of Australia's best lawyers in various categories of legal practice. Every year from 2008 – 2017, Peter appeared in the category of "Best Immigration Lawyers".
Day 3
Richard Timpson, Principal Solicitor, Timpson Immigration Lawyers
Richard Timpson, is an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law and a Registered Migration Agent, bound by the Code of Conduct. He assists people to settle in Australia legally, without risk by firstly identifying what their future looks like to them. Whether it is to grow their business with offshore skills, maintain employer compliance with legal obligations, give security to them and their family, through to permanent residency and citizenship. He also assists clients to remain in the country.
Raymond Turner, Solicitor and Migration Agent, Turner Coulson Immigration Lawyers Pty Limited
Ray Turner is an accredited specialist in immigration law and has been a registered migration agent since 1992. He was recently recognised by the Law Society of New South Wales for 20 years of service in advising and acting for clients and as one of Australia's top migration law practitioners. Ray has advocated throughout his career for both Government and private clients in all Courts and tribunals and is regularly appointed by the Federal Courts, due to his level of skill and expertise, to act for unrepresented clients appearing before the Courts. He has significant experience in all areas of Australian migration law and particularly in business/investor visas, general skilled migration, spouse/family visas, refugee applications, character issues, detention/deportation and visa cancellations.
Samantha Fitzsimons, Director, Abode Migration Lawyers
Samantha has over a decade of immigration law experience. Practising in an area of law where legislation and regulations change frequently, she has intense, on-the-ground and up-to-date experience of the current rules and systems. Samantha is a member of (and, in 2019-2020, co-chair of) the LIV's Migration Law Committee.
Gerard Gleeson, Lawyer, Abode Migration Lawyers
Gerard is a solicitor and a registered Migration Agent. He qualified as a lawyer in 1999 then became an experienced Supreme Court litigator in the areas of personal injury and commercial disputes. His career evolved into immigration law via a long history as a volunteer lawyer with the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre.