Migration Law: Spotlight on Visas
Issues covered include: Skilled Migration Visa Update, Schedule 4 and Partner Visas, Enhanced Integrity Act, COVID-19: The impact on Immigration Law
Description
Mastering the gamut of migration legislation, case law and the government’s approach to decision making isn’t easy. The road to visa approval, refusal and review is littered with exhausted and frustrated applicants and their representatives. Attend this seminar to uncover some of the mysteries that migration law shrouds in legalities, complex procedures and delay.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
MIGRATION AGENTS CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBER CN92
MIGRATION AGENTS CANNOT CLAIM MARA CPD POINTS FROM THE ON-DEMAND RECORDING
2.00pm to 2.45pm: Skilled Migration Visa Update
- Key changes to types of skilled migration visas
- Are there any benefits to the new visa?
- Case studies
Presented by Valerie Dagama Pereira, Barrister and Solicitor; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; 2020 Immigration Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers
2.45pm to 3.30pm: Schedule 4 and Partner Visas
- PIC 4020: identity, bogus documents and incorrect information to a material particular and the waiver provisions
- PIC 4007: health criteria and the waiver provisions and discussion about the new policy
Presented by Carina Ford, Managing Partner, Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law and in Administrative Law
3.30pm to 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
3.45pm to 4.30pm: The Enhanced Integrity Act and its Naming and Shaming Provisions
- Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Border Force: an overview
- Subclass 457/482 Visa program sponsorship obligations
- Enhanced Integrity Act and the Minister of Home Affairs power to publish information about approved sponsor /former sponsor
- Data Matching Protocol between the Department of Home Affairs and the ATO
- Regulatory compliance in the age of data sharing and analytics: what are the implications for employers/sponsors and immigration advisors?
Presented by Maria Jockel, Legal Principal and National Leader, Migration Services, BDO Migration; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; Best Lawyers 2020, Immigration
4.30pm to 5.15pm: COVID-19: The impact on Immigration Law
- Update on Department, AAT and Court processes
- Travel restrictions and who will be impacted
- Strategies for temporary visa holders out of Australia
- Strategies for temporary visa holders currently in Australia
Presented by James Wardlaw, Partner, WLW Migration Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
Venue
RACV City Club
Level 2, 501 Bourke St
Melbourne 3000
VIC
Australia
Parking Information
Parking is not included in your registration. Here are some options below. RACV City Club Car Park.
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