Visa Emergency™️
Notices provided by the Department of Home Affairs can potentially be warnings or communications of serious issues regarding your visa or application.
VISA EMERGENCY service is an online tool which allows us to review any Notices you may have received and assess what urgent and immediate action is needed to save your visa or application.
Visas Encounter Emergencies Too?
There are numerous visa-related Notices that may be issued by the Australian Government. However, given that Immigration Law is such a complicated and dense area of the law, it can be quite difficult for people to truly understand and comprehend the content and meaning. As such, you may miss a crucial opportunity to properly respond to a Notice you have been issued and unfortunately suffer from the undesirable consequences.
Park & Co Lawyers’ VISA EMERGENCY is a service that has been specifically catered towards individuals who have received confusing or unexpected Notices from the Department, and our team of Immigration Law Experts are able to diagnose the situation and assist you accordingly.
Urgent visa first aid kit
Doctors for illnesses, Lawyers for visa complications
Just as you would expect a skilled doctor be able to accurately identify any issues with your health, a lawyer that can accurately assess the situation and identify the specific issues within your visa or visa application is what makes a skilled immigration lawyer.
Through the guidance of an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law, Park & Co Lawyers’ team of Immigration Law Experts have been providing legal assistance in extremely complicated and difficult visa situations for countless clients for the past 16 years. We encourage you to contact Park & Co Lawyers for all and any complicated immigration matter you may face!
Disclaimer
- Your information remains 100% confidential.
- We always aim to provide our response as soon as possible, however please be aware that delays may occur depending on our specific workload and circumstances at the time.
- Our opinions provided to you through this service are merely in response to the Notice you have been issued by the Department, and is not to be considered as legal advice.
- Utilising this service does not establish a lawyer-client relationship between you and Park & Co Lawyers.
- If you require proper legal advice, we recommend you to contact our office and retain us formerly for your matter.
Common Notices Issued by the Department of Home Affairs
- Section 109 – Where your visa is approved after providing false information; applies to both permanent and temporary visas
- Section 116 – Where you have contravened a visa condition (e.g. working without a valid work permit granted with your visa)
- Section 128 – Applies to visa holders outside Australia; your visa can be cancelled without further notice; same with sections 109 and 116
- Section 134 – Subclass 132 Business Talent visa may be cancelled if the requirements are not met
- Section 137Q – Regional employer sponsored visas may be cancelled (e.g. where you fail to satisfy the 2 year sponsorship working conditions)
- Section 140 – Companion visas may be cancelled; if the primary applicant’s visa is cancelled, all companions’ visas will be subsequently cancelled by operation of law
- Section 501 – Where you fail to satisfy the Character Test or any Public Interest Criteria
- Public Interest Criterion 4020 – Where you have provided a bogus document or false or misleading information; approximately 25% of all visa refusals are due to this and you may be subject to a 10 year ban
- s57 Natural Justice Letter – Final clarification stage where information from a third party source concerning a visa refusal is confirmed
