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Australian Immigration Law Specialist

Skilled migration to Australia

The new skilled migration "SkillSelect" system favours older, more experienced workers, but there are a few tricks you need to be aware of - latest update here

Skilled Occupation Lists

To qualify for skilled migration to Australia, most people need an occupation on one of the skilled lists - learn more

Student visas

Is there still a chance to get PR?

What if your visa is cancelled?

A word about "lawyers"

Who is a lawyer, and who is a registered migration agent?

Areas of practice:

All permanent and temporary visa classes
Citizenship law
Visa cancellation cases
Deportation cases

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As an Accredited Specialist Immigration Lawyer, Michael Jones is a qualified immigration attorney assisting individuals and other professionals with all aspects of the law governing emigration to Australia, Australian citizenship, work visas for people looking for jobs in Australia, appeals, deportation and visa cancellation. Specialist Accreditation is awarded by the Law Society of New South Wales (click on the image on the left). Specialists must have at least five years full-time practice, at least three years speciality work, and must pass rigorous exams in communication, problem solving, client service and the law.

Anyone who is not an Australian citizen must have a visa to travel to Australia or enter the country. By choosing an accredited specialist you can be sure that your representative has in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of the laws and procedures governing migration to Australia, Australian visas and visa requirements, permanent and temporary residence, citizenship, cancellations, deportations and appeals processes. You are also protected by the compulsory professional indemnity insurance required of all qualified legal practitioners in Australia.

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Recent postings:

16/05/2013 — What does "excising Australia from the mainland" mean?
20/03/2013 — Watch out for a migrant bashing election campaign
29/12/2012 — Lock them all up (but give them the key)
23/11/2012 — Back to the past -- temporary protection visas re-introduced, only worse
02/07/2012 — The self-delusion of "good" and "bad" refugees
26/06/2012 — Three ways of looking at asylum seekers: disinterest, fear or memory
27/05/2012 — Too much demagoguery clouds the immigration debate
11/01/2012 — Why temporary residents may not be "integrating"
21/12/2011 — The Great Offshore Processing Con
09/12/2011 — Privacy, sword or shield?
23/11/2011 — The majestic equality of the law for asylum seekers
02/11/2011 — Do deaths at sea justify the Malaysia solution, or retrospective legislation?
27/10/2011 — Skilled migration -- have we got it the wrong way around?
25/10/2011 — Press dogs attack as government whistles
19/10/2011 — Another bureaucrat blames students for program failures
16/10/2011 — Distraction of boats allows racism to thrive
04/10/2011 — Another SNAFU with the paper work
28/09/2011 — Student visa program review -- still blaming the victims

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