TABLE OF CONTENTS
Check List Using The Regulations As A Template eg – Spouse Visa
Visa Application And Associated Costs
Record Keeping And Management – How Long Do Documents Have To Be Kept?
Initial Requirements Regarding Accepting A Retainer
Failure Of Proper File Management Can Lead To Suspension As A Migration Agent
Confidentiality & Notifying The Client Of Complaint Procedure
Give Your Client A Copy Of Everything
Give Your Client The Bad News Immediately
Check Special Requirements For Offshore Visas With The Embassy’s Or Consulate’s Website
Don’t Accept Immigration’s Assertion That Decisions Have Been Made Properly
Before You Set The Fee With Your Client And Before You File A Visa Application
What Can Go Wrong If You Don’t Record Your Mail Properly
Prepare Your Client For The Oath
Ideas For Chronologies For Client Files
Immigration Goes Into Hibernation On 30 June Each Year
Australia Closes Down Between Christmas & New Year
Have An Industrial Strength Office Set Up At The Office And At Home
What Is A Permanent Residence Visa?
Practice Together Or Practice In Groups
A Proper Email Account And Email Management
Undercharging And Undercutting On Fees
Positioning And Pathways And Fees (Putting All One’s Eggs In One Basket)
Email & Fax Communication & Errors With Credit Cards Emerge As Troubling Issues
Preparing A Client For Merit Review Hearings Or Interviews With DIBP
Berenguel – Sometimes Time Of Application Criteria Can Be Met At Time Of Decision
Bare Faced Liars & The Fraudsters
Visas Remain Current Until Midnight
Looking After Secondary Visa Holders In A Visa Cancellation Process
Applying As A Secondary Visa Applicant Onshore When The Primary Visa Applicant Is Offshore
Essential Prerequisites For A Ministerial Discretion Application
State And Territory Sponsorship
Make Peace With The Tax Office
Spouse Visas – Unexplained Large Deposits of Money
Managing No. 8503 On Tourist Visas
Tax Deductibility of Migration Advice
Dates On Documents And Names On Documents
Check All Past Visa Applications
Visa Holders Being On Their Best Behaviour
Email Communication With Immigration – Delete All Strings
No Without Prejudice Conversations With Immigration
Identify Australian Citizens Who Support An Applicant
Second Thing To Do On Starting A File – Download The Relevant Part Of The Law
First Thing To Do When Starting Any File – Identify Any ‘Rights Destroying’ Deadlines
Disputes About Parentage And Children
Helping People Pass The English Tests
What Is The Pomodoro Technique?
When Is A Visa Application Made In Australia
Before staff go on holidays, there should be a handover of each file to another staff member with notes made of what is likely to happen on each file. The staff member then has to be take full responsibility for that file while the other staff member is on holidays.
If you are a sole practitioner, you have to make arrangements for a responsible person to look after all the mail, fax and email communications to make sure no deadlines are missed.
The writer believes it is better to tell clients you will be away on holidays so that they do not find out by surprise.