Immigration Law
Immigration Lawyers in Auburn and Western Sydney
A visa refusal or cancellation can turn your family’s life upside down. We give you clear legal advice and represent you before the Department of Home Affairs, the Administrative Review Tribunal and the courts.
Our Approach
Legal Advice and Representation in Complex Visa Matters
Immigration law changes often, and one mistake in an application or a missed deadline can have serious consequences. We are solicitors, not migration agents. Australian lawyers can give immigration advice and assistance without being registered with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority.
We regularly assist clients with highly complex matters, including detailed submissions to the Department of Home Affairs and applications to the Administrative Review Tribunal. We act at every stage, from the first application through to merits review and judicial review:
- Department of Home Affairs: visa applications, responses to requests for information and notices of intention to refuse or cancel a visa, and detailed legal submissions in complex matters.
- Administrative Review Tribunal (ART): review of visa refusals and cancellations, including character decisions.
- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and High Court of Australia: we have assisted clients in judicial review proceedings where a migration decision may be affected by legal error, and have successfully appealed section 501 character decisions in the High Court of Australia.
- Character Matters (Section 501): we have successfully represented clients in highly complex section 501 matters where visas were refused on character grounds.
Where a matter proceeds to a hearing in the Tribunal or the Court, we work closely with experienced barristers where needed and stay involved in your case from start to finish.
Time limits in visa matters are very short and usually cannot be extended. An application to the ART must generally be lodged within 28 days of being notified of a visa refusal or cancellation (14 days if you are in immigration detention), and within 9 days for a section 501 character decision. Please contact us as soon as you receive a decision or notice.
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How We Can Help
Immigration Law Services
From a first visa application to review in the Tribunal or the Court, we can help with:
Character Matters (Section 501)
Visa refusals and cancellations on character grounds, requests to revoke a mandatory cancellation, and responses to notices of intention to refuse or cancel.
Administrative Review Tribunal
Applications for review of visa refusals and cancellations, written submissions, evidence and representation at your hearing.
Judicial Review
Applications to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia where a decision may be affected by legal error, appeals to the Federal Court of Australia, and appeals to the High Court of Australia.
Submissions to Home Affairs
Detailed legal submissions in complex matters, responses to requests for further information, and requests for Ministerial intervention where available.
Partner and Family Visas
Partner, parent, child and carer visas, including applications where the relationship or the history is complicated.
Skilled, Employer and Other Visas
Skilled and employer sponsored visas, sponsorship and nomination issues, student, visitor and resident return visas, and protection visas.
Good to Know
Key Things to Know
Strict Time Limits for ART Review
Character decisions under section 501: 9 days from being notified. Most other visa refusals and cancellations: 28 days, or 14 days if you are in immigration detention. The ART cannot extend these time limits.
35 Days for Judicial Review
An application to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for review of a migration decision must be made within 35 days of the date of the decision. The Court can extend this in some cases.
What the Court Can Do
The Court looks only at whether the decision involved a legal error. It cannot grant you a visa, but it can send your case back to be decided again according to law.
Lawyers, Not Migration Agents
Australian legal practitioners can provide immigration assistance without being registered migration agents. As solicitors, we are bound by the professional conduct rules that apply to all NSW lawyers.
This is general information only, not legal advice. Every case is different, and past results do not guarantee the outcome of any future matter.
Talk to Us About Your Visa Matter
If you have received a refusal, a cancellation or a notice from the Department, call us or send a short message as soon as possible. We will explain your options and the time limits that apply.
Contact us
Book a Consultation
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Peerzada & Associates
Office
Suite 10, 35-39 Auburn Road
Auburn NSW 2144
Post
PO Box 40, Auburn NSW 1835
Phone and email
(02) 8097 4028
info@peerzada.com.au
Opening hours
Monday to Wednesday 9am to 7pm
Thursday 9am to 8pm
Friday 9am to 7pm
Saturday 9am to 12pm
Sunday closed