Skilled Work Migration
Whiteley Ironside & Shillington provides expert legal services in Migration Law.
A lot of our work is for employers and migrant employees who are seeking to extend the migrant’s stay in Australia. For employers, we help fill skilled positions and keep existing skilled workers in the country. We have proven success in a variety of skilled visas for various occupations and have a deep understanding of all requirements. We have obtained positive results for employers with unusual business structures, newly established businesses, and grants for migrants who have had a refusal.
What we do for Employers
For employers, we advise on standard business sponsorship and nomination requirements and attend to lodgement. We prepare thorough evidence to comply with strict and ever-changing government policies. We are with you every step of the way.
What we do for Migrants
If your job is on Australia’s skill shortage list, you and your family may be able to come to Australia temporarily or permanently. We assist in the preparation and lodgment of all skilled visas. Our work includes reviewing your experience and qualifications to determine the best suited job on the skill shortage list. We will also advise you if you meet job specific requirements (such as duties, experience, and qualifications). We can help you prepare your evidence by drafting references from past employers.
To obtain most skilled migration visas you need a skills assessment. We can help you by reviewing your documents and advising you if any additional information is needed before it is submitted.
We will provide you with expert advice to ensure that all requirements are met, and documents provided. Risking a visa refusal by not obtaining legal advice can be a costly exercise and may have disastrous effects on migration options. You can apply for skilled migration independently or through your employer.
Employer Sponsored Migration
Employer sponsored skilled migration can be temporary (the 482 visa), provisionally with a pathway to permanent residency (the 494 visa), or permanently (the 186 and 187 visas). Your employer needs to agree to sponsor you.
Independent Skilled Migration
Independent skilled migration can be provisionally with a pathway to permanent residency (the 491 visa) or permanently (through the 189 or 190 visas). These visas use a points-based system, which you can calculate here. Generally, if you have more than 65 points, you can submit an Expression of Interest for the independent skilled migration visas. The more points you have, the more likely it is that you will receive an invitation to apply for the visa.
Get in Touch
Contact the experts at Whiteley Ironside & Shillington Lawyers for Migration Law issues across Orange, Bathurst, Molong, Dubbo, and Central West NSW. Contact our office today on 02 6362 1866 to schedule a meeting with the one of our migration law experts.
Our Migration Law experience includes:
acting for employer and employees in Orange’s restaurant industry to secure skilled employment migration with a pathway to permanent residency;
successfully granted a second skilled migrant visa for a diesel engineer, notwithstanding the applicant was older than 45 years;
successfully acting for a medical professional to overturn a work restriction condition, applying for permanent residency, allowing our client to live and work in Australia;
acting for a 190 skilled visa applicant and their family working to work in agricultural science;
acting for an applicant in successful partner visa, despite a history of overstay and breach of conditions;
drafting submissions and obtaining a waiver of section 48 (3-year ban) compassionate and compelling circumstances;
acting in the successful grant of a grant of partner visa whilst waiting for the appeal on an unrelated visa application, notwithstanding partner living overseas;
acting in the successful grant of a partner visa for couple who were not married or de facto at the time of application based on extensive submissions and evidence of religious beliefs;
obtaining permanent residency through the partner visa for a local health professional within 12 days, overcoming the section 48 bar they were subject to;
successfully petitioning for a grant of a partner visa despite the sponsor having a past criminal record;
providing compelling legal submissions in response to a character concern arising from a misunderstanding; and
obtaining work rights on a Bridging Visa E allowing the migrant to stay in Australia and support his Australian-born child whilst awaiting the outcome of a cancellation appeal.
Migration Law
Whiteley Ironside & Shillington can assist with the following practices areas of Migration Law:
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Meet Our Team
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Michael Shillington
Solicitor
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Vanessa Vazquez
Solicitor
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Kate Roth
Solicitor
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Michael Evans
Solicitor
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Paris Willis
Solicitor
