Michaela Byers - Australian Immigration Lawyer

Australian Immigration Lawyer

Migration Education Services whose directors are Michaela Byers and Jeri Levinsky have been providing other migration agents with CPD points for several years. In keeping with the guidelines of MARA for CPD providers, all attendees must be present for 75% of the duration of the seminar or assessment to receive their points for that seminar/assessment.

The following are the learning outcomes as stated for each seminar/assessment. Learning outcomes for each module will reflect the requirement to remain updated with the general changes to migration law.

Student Visa Update (Item 30888)

Understand the different student visa subclasses
Understand the different country assessment levels
Know the requirements for student visas
Knowledge of the main student visa conditions
Extend a student visa in Australia

Skilled Migration Update (Item 30889)

Understand the new skilled visa subclasses
Understand the requirements for the Skilled Graduate visa
Know the requirements for all on and offshore skilled visas
Have knowledge of the SOL and MODL
Understand the work requirements for skilled visas under the Skilled Graduate visa

Business Management and Legal Issues in Running a Business (Item 310224)

Be aware of the requirements of confidentiality as required by the circumstances and good practice
Know how to identify Code of Conduct obligations for marketing and promotional activities
Recognise the requirement to have clients ’instructions confirmed in writing
Know how to identify duties or obligation to clients such as the release of documentation to which their clients are entitled
Identify and employ effective strategies to ensure document security, including the need for a contingency plan
Understand the policies, procedures and responsibilities of business registration
Understand the requirements of and responsibility for having appropriate policies for OH&S, EEO, industrial relations and anti-discrimination
Understand the need to have appropriate insurances

Ministerial Appeals and the Substituted subclass 676 visaSeminar (Item 30849)

Participants will be able to provide improved service and advice to clients who have overstayed their visas or otherwise qualify for a ministerial appeal
They will be able to critically analyse and assess their clients’ situations and identify what they need to put into the Ministerial Appeal
The participants will be able to explain and outline the Ministerial Appeals process including the Substituted Subclass 676 visa and the outcomes it may have and how to deal with a substituted Subclass 676 visa

Options for Overstayers Visa Seminar and Assessment (Items 310119 & 610119)

Participants will be able to provide improved service and advice to clients who have overstayed their visas through their new comprehensive knowledge of possibilities of visas to offer them.
They will be able to critically analyse and assess their clients’ situations and identify for which visas the client could successfully apply.
The participants will be able to explain and outline the features of the visa, Spouse Visa, Offshore Skilled Visas and Contributory Parent Visa to suitable clients

Assisting Clients in Detention (Item 30848)

Detention Participants will be able to provide improved service and advice to clients in detention
They will be able to critically analyse and assess their clients’ situations and identify what they need to put into place to assist a client in detention
Recognise and work within the various time limitations for the different pathways for detention clients

Sponsored Business Visas Seminar and Assessment(Items 310184 & 610184)

Participants will be able to provide improved service and advice to clients who wish to apply for a sponsored business visa through their new comprehensive knowledge of possibilities of visas to offer them.
They will be able to critically analyse and assess their clients’ situations and identify for which visas the client could successfully apply.
The participants will be able to explain and outline the features of the Business Long Stay(457) and Employer Nomination Scheme(121/856) to suitable clients.
They will be able to learn how to deal with MRT reviews and sponsored business visa cancellations

On and Offshore Family Migration Seminar and Assessment (Items 310119 & 610183

The attendees will be able to provide improved service and advice to clients who are family members or have family members who wish to migrate to Australia.
They will be able to critically analyse and assess their clients’ situations and identify the options available to that client.
The participants will be able to assess who can apply for a Prospective Spouse, spouse or interdependent visa.
They will be able to distinguish which parent visa or other family visa is most suitable.
They will be able to understand the "Balance of Family Test", Assurance of Support, what a "sponsor" is and what "settled" means.

Complaints Policy

MES wishes to provide a timely resolution of complaints and appeals. We hope to manage all complaints effectively and efficiently. A complainant needs to first put the complaint/appeal in writing and send it to MES within 7 days of the date of the incident. A written response will then be sent to the complainant within 72 hours. If the complaint does not get resolved then both parties would have to agree upon a third party mediator and evenly split the costs involved. We believe that natural justice applies to all of our clients and that all parties to a complaint have a right to be heard. In this manner, we hope that all parties will be satisfied.

Refund Policy

If a client wishes to cancel an enrolment more than 1 week prior to the date the seminar is to be held, 75% of the cost of the seminar will be refunded. This cancellation must be made in writing and received by Migration Education Services at least 1 week prior to the date of the seminar. If the cancellation is made 48 hours before the date of the seminar, 50% of the fees will be refunded. If the client does not attend on the day of the seminar, 0% of the fees will be refunded.

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