Compliance with Code of Conduct in Immigration Agent's Work

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In light of these circumstances what do you believe Charlie should have done to comply
with the requirements prescribed under the Code of Conduct?
Charlie has to act as an agent and not be partial in adjudicating his work. As an agent, Charlie
has no authority in delaying a Permanent Intervention order lodged by Jasmine against
Jeffrey. Even if the relationship has broken, as an immigration agent, Charlie is supposed to
report to relevant authorities since the two Jeffrey and Jasmine are partners. Delaying the
lodging of the evidence of PIO should be determined by the Department of Home affairs.
Charlie work is not to determine whether Jasmine is wrong or right but to act as an
immigration authority regardless of what Jeffrey her husband wants1.
According to the general procedure, a foreigner should legally live in Australia, obtain a
residence permit, and only then apply for citizenship, it will take about 6 years. However,
more shortened terms of residence in Australia are established for representatives of foreign
citizens who are married to a citizen of (civilian) Australia like Jeffrey and Jasmine.
Representatives of foreign countries can expect to receive a passport of a citizen of Australia
in a shorter time than what is established for obtaining citizenship on a general basis2. The
grounds for filing documents and obtaining permanent visa application under the simplified
scheme are the categories of persons specified in Art. 14 of the Immigration Law "On
Citizenship of Australia." Namely: After receiving a residence permit and not taking into
1 Castles, S., Ozkul, D. and Cubas, M. eds., 2015. Social transformation and migration:
National and local experiences in South Korea, Turkey, Mexico and Australia. Springer.
2 Chung, C., Kim, K. and Piper, N., 2016. Marriage migration in Southeast and East Asia
revisited through a migration-development nexus lens.

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account any periods of residence, people who have at least one parent a citizen of Australia
and those who were previously citizens and who have not received the citizenship of another
country can apply for citizenship.
After marriage, a foreigner can expect that he will be able to obtain citizenship no longer than
after 5 years, but after 3 years under simplified conditions3. To register a marriage, a foreign
citizen and Australians must perform the following actions: the future husband and wife must
submit to the registry office, which is located in Australia, their joint statement of intent to
get married; the application can be carried out personally by the future spouses to the registry
office or you can submit an application through the portal of municipal and state services. A
notarial translation of a foreign passport is also submitted to the declaration of intent to
marry, the translation can also be certified by a consul or other institution in the country of
which the future spouse or spouse is a citizen4. Also, a foreigner must submit documents that
confirm the absence of obstacles to marriage.
Assuming you are Charlie in these circumstances, how would you have handled this
matter?
3 Lu, M.C., Zhang, J., Chee, H.L. and Yeoh, B.S., 2016. Multiple mobilities and
entrepreneurial modalities among Chinese marriage migrants in Malaysia. Current
Sociology, 64(3), pp.411-429.
4 Pickering, S. and Ham, J. eds., 2017. The Routledge handbook on crime and international
migration. Routledge.