What happens if you miss spotting PIC 4020 and Section 501 problems before the Department? Gain advanced strategies from renowned immigration lawyer Simon Jeans to be proactive and safeguard your clients' interests. Discover how to effectively identify and address PIC 4020 fraud and Section 501 character issues before they disrupt visa applications, covering the entire process from start to finish. Learn what and what not to lodge, when to do so, how to conduct yourself, how to lead evidence about your client's case, and how to handle clients who seek to minimize or deny issues. Get comprehensive insights and more to navigate immigration challenges successfully.
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Description
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
* Original Content created in September 2024
How to Identify PIC 4020 and S501 Problems Before the Department and Resolve Them
- How to spot and fix PIC 4020 fraud and section 501character issues before they derail your clients' visa applications
- What and what not to lodge, and when?
- How to conduct?
Presented by Simon Jeans, Principal, Jeans Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; Best Lawyers 2023, Immigration Law
Chair
Kathryn Viegas, Director, Nomos Pty Ltd; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; Best Lawyers 2024, Immigration Law; Leading Immigration Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
Presenters
Kathryn Viegas, Director and Principal Solicitor, Nomos Pty LtdKathryn Viegas is a Director of Nomos Legal, a law firm specialising in the provision of Australian immigration law advice. She has practised immigration law since 2003. She represents a wide range of clients, including not-for-profit organisations, businesses and individuals. She regularly provides specialist advice to applicants with complex immigration needs, including applicants who have medical conditions or have allegedly committed fraud, those seeking review of a decision or Ministerial intervention, visa-holders facing visa cancellation and businesses with compliance issues. Kathryn graduated with degrees in Psychology and Law from The University of New South Wales. She completed her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the Australian National University and was admitted to practice in 2003. In 2006, she was awarded a Master of Laws degree from The University of Sydney. Kathryn is recognised by the Law Society of New South Wales as an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law. Kathryn has worked at the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre and various boutique immigration law firms in Sydney. Before co-founding Nomos, Kathryn ran her own immigration law firm for eight years. Since 2007, Kathryn has been involved in continuing legal education through her preparation and presentation of CPD programs for Nomos, the College of Law, the Law Society of NSW, the Immigration Advice & Rights Centre and other organisations. She currently is a lecturer at Victoria University, where she teaches the Graduate Diploma in Migration Law. Kathryn is committed to pro bono work and sits on a number of not-for-profit boards. She is the current President of the Management Committee of the Immigration Advice & Rights Centre, a community legal centre that specialises in immigration advice for vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers. She is a Founding Director of the TLR Foundation, a charity that aims to promote stem cell/bone marrow donation throughout Australia, and the Vice Chair of Diverse Women in Law, an organisation committed to empowering under-represented women as they enter the legal profession. She is also a Director of the Centre for Women's Economic Safety. She has recently been appointed to the UNSW Law Advisory Council.
Simon Jeans, Principal, Jeans Lawyers
Simon Jeans has been practising law since 1989. He is an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law and listed by Best Lawyers for Australia in Immigration Law. He has worked as an advocate for refugees and migrants with the Jesuit Refugee Service, RACS, Legal Aid (NSW), UNHCR and in his law firm. He was appointed as a member of the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal from 2010-2015. He was engaged by the College of Law in 2019-2020 as an assessor and external moderator for the Capstone Migration Agents Assessment.
This seminar is part of a series
Immigration Reform and Application Over Lunch
Major reforms of Immigration Law continue, new Laws, new policies and the new Tribunal. You will gain a practical understanding of the changes in the new Administrative Review Tribunal and the TSS, Student and Visitor Visa amendments. Ensure that you are able to navigate the amendments to temporary visa applications and Labour Agreements brought about in the 2024-25 Federal Budget. Obtain practical strategies to identify problems in Visa Applications. All in one hour bite sized sessions to fit into your busy practice.
Description
Attend the full series and earn 4 CPD units including:
1 unit in Professional Skills
3 units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
MIGRATION AGENTS CAN EARN 2 CPD POINTS
MARA APPROVAL NUMBERS
LIVE ONLINE – SM756
ON DEMAND – DN493
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
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