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To obtain an assessment please email us th your full and accurate responses to our questionnaire. Please note that only your complete answers will allow our legal professionals to properly assess your chances.

Please do not send any degrees or diploma certificates, mark sheets, or academic transcripts.

Please note that while our initial advice is in writing and free, we do not provide ongoing free advice and commentary without a fee agreement.

On receiving your full and accurate answers to our questionnaire we will send you a written opinion on your chances of a successful migration application. At this time we will also provide you with a description or our services, our professional fees and other costs involved in applying for your visa.

If you wish to engage our services, we will then send you a fee agreement. This document provides you with a detailed explanation of:

  • Services we will provide you, and
  • Costs involved in applying for your visa.

We will ask you to sign the fee agreement and make an initial part payment before we proceed with your application.

BEFORE YOU COMPLETE OUR QUESTIONNAIRE FOR FREE ASSESSMENT

1.Are you are studying in Australia and more than 3 months away from completion of your course? If yes, please note that immigration laws change frequently and at short notice, and this prevents us from providing advice on future prospects more than 3 months before completion of studies. Please only complete the below questionnaire 3 months before you complete your studies.

2.Have you turned 45 years of age. If yes, you are not eligible for general skilled migration (unless you hold a subclass 475, 476, 485 or 487). Please do not complete the below questionnaire. You may wish to explore employer nomination options (see our website for details).

3.Are you less than 18 years of age and want to apply for general skilled migration independently? If yes, you must wait until you are 18 before you complete the below questionnaire.

4.Are you studying in Australia as an AUSAID student or a student financially supported by a foreign government or multinational agency. If yes, you are not eligible to apply for general skilled migration until you have fulfilled your obligations under the terms of your scholarship. Please do not complete the below questionnaire.

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Legal practitioners employed by Visa Lawyers Australia Pty Ltd are members of the scheme.

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VISA LAWYERS FREE ASSESSMENT - QUESTIONS

A.Personal Details

  1. Last Name:
  2. First Name:
  3. email address:
  4. What is your date of birth (DAY/MONTH /YEAR)?
  5. Of which countries are you a citizen?
  6. Do you have any relatives who are Australian citizens or permanent residents or “eligible New Zealand citizens”? If so, for each relative, please indicate:

(a)How you are related to them. For example, if you have an uncle, whether he is your mother’s brother or father’s brother;

(b)Where they live (including postcode) in Australia; and

(c)How long they have lived in that place.

  1. Do you have any dependants, such as children? If so, please provide their date(s) of birth.

B.Australian Visa Details

Do you have a current Australian visa? If so, please indicate the following:

  1. What type of visa do you have?
  2. What is the visa subclass number?
  3. What conditions are attached to your visa? Please state the numbers (8000 series) as they appear on your visa label.
  4. When does your visa expire (DAY/MONTH /YEAR)?

C.Overseas Qualifications

What are your overseas educational qualifications? For each qualification, please provide the following:

  1. The name of the qualification (including any honours qualifications, if obtained). Please provide name of qualification in the language the qualification was issued and English language translation of the qualification.
  2. The full name and location of the institution which conferred the qualification.
  3. The month and year your studies commenced.
  4. The month and year your studies were completed.
  5. A list of the subjects that you studied towards this qualification.

If you completed more than 1 qualification, please answer the above questions, for each qualification (copy and paste questions again here)

Please do not send any degrees or diploma certificates, mark sheets, or academic transcripts.

D.Work Experience

Please attach to your reply email an up-to-date copy of your CV. For each position you held for the last ten years, please include the following information:

  1. The name of the employer.
  2. The month and year employment commenced and ended.
  3. The title of your position.
  4. A description of your duties and responsibilities.

E.Studies in Australia

If you studied or are studying in Australia, please answer the following questions.

  1. What are your Australian educational qualifications? For each qualification, whether or not you have completed the qualification, please provide the following:

(a)The full name of the qualification (including any honours qualifications, if obtained).

(b)The CRICOS code for the qualification

(c)The name and location of the institution which awarded or will award the qualification

(d)The day and month and year your studies commenced

(e)The day and month and year your studies were completed or will be completed.

(f)For each semester or session completed in Australia, a list of the subjects that you studied towards this qualification. For each subject, please include credit value of subject.

(g)A list of the subjects for which you received exemptions (for example due to recognition for prior studies or learning). For each exempted subject, please include credit value of subject.

  1. Were you financially supported by the Australian or an overseas government to study in Australia? If so, please indicate:

(a)Which organisation(s) provided you with this financial support.

(b)In which month and year the support commenced.

(c)In which month and year the support ended (or will end).

(d)Under the terms of the financial support, are you obligated to return to your home country on completion of studies.

If you completed more than 1 qualification, please answer the above questions, for each qualification (copy and paste questions again here).

Please do not send any degrees or diploma certificates, mark sheets, or academic transcripts.

F.Employment Prospects

Do you have an employer in Australia that would be prepared to offer youemployment? If so, please indicate:

  1. The name and nature of the position.
  2. The location of the employer (including postcode).
  3. The position to be offered to you.

G.IELTS test results

  1. Do you have an IELTS test result (either ACADEMIC or GENERAL).
  2. If so, what was the score on the following components of the test:

(a)Reading:

(b)Writing:

(c)Listening:

(d)Speaking:

  1. What is the date on your IELTS test certificate.

H.Partner

Do you have a partner?

Please note that for immigration purposes, partner is someone with whom you:

  • Are legally married; or
  • Are in a de facto relationship, and with whom you have lived for at least 12 months; or
  • Are in a same-sex relationship, and with whom you have lived for at least 12 months.

If you have a partner, please ask him or her to download another copy of this document and to answer each of the questions separately to your own. Please email us both of your responses.

August 2008 - © Copyright Visa Lawyers Australia Pty Ltd

Visa Lawyers Australia Pty Ltd - ABN 19 095 322 660 -Migration Agents Registration Number 0006846

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.

Legal practitioners employed by Visa Lawyers Australia Pty Ltd are members of the scheme.

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