Australia’s need for skilled migrant labour, whether it be in the form of keeping existing valued employees, or recruiting internationally to fill a resourcing gap in your business, became starkly apparent when Australia’s borders closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coleman Greig can provide you with specialised immigration advice to help your business. Our Senior Associate, Lisa Qiu, is qualified to provide advice in relation to both employment and migration. This means that she can provide unique and niche advice to employers in relation to employment law issues as they relate specifically to skilled migrant workers. For example, she can ensure your employment contract reflects requirements such as employment being conditional upon continuing to hold the required Australian visa. She can also ensure that the terms and conditions of migrant employment comply with Australian employment law requirements, including compliance with any Modern Award which might cover the migrant employee’s employment, and ensuring that labour market testing and salary requirements are met.
Ensuring you’re across these detailed requirements can be essential to the Department of Home Affairs granting an employer sponsored visa such as the Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa. Many migration agents or lawyers may refer these employment law aspects of the migration relationship to an employment lawyer. However, the benefit of our team is that Lisa Qiu practises across both complex areas of law and can identity any migration law issues in your workforce.
Lisa can provide a complete immigration service from advice regarding the appropriate visa options through to management of the actual application process and skilled representation in Courts or Tribunals if required.
We can help you with:
- Guidance on recruiting internationally for skilled employees
- Getting your business registered as a standard business sponsor, accredited business sponsor or Temporary Activities Sponsor, so you can commence sponsoring skilled migrants to work in your business
- Advice on the various employer sponsored visa options available, including
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482)
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186)
- Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) visa (subclass 400)
- Sponsoring someone who is currently on a Working Holiday visa
- Seasonal workers
- Distinguished Talent visa (subclass 124)
- Advice in relation to your employer obligations as a sponsor to both the Department of Home Affairs, and to the skilled visa holder
- Preparing and lodging sponsorship, nomination and visa applications
- Preparing submissions in support of the sponsorship, nomination and visa applications
- Liaison with the Department of Home Affairs
- Tracking and managing the progress of your visa applications
- Representation in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Federal Court of Australia or Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia
- Assistance with Requests for Ministerial Intervention
- Advising and assisting with visa refusal or cancellations
- Advising and assisting with complex visa issues such as health requirements and character requirements
Coleman Greig are available to service your needs no matter where you are located in NSW. Our network of offices are supported by the latest digital technology, enabling us to work with you in a way that suits you best.
