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Immigration Law | Assignment

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University of Leicester

   

Immigration Law (LW3460)

   

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The document below discusses immigration legislation, and we issued a letter on relevant guidance for correctly carrying out activities as a migration agent; provisions linked to Work Skilled Subclass 457 Visa.

Immigration Law | Assignment

   

University of Leicester

   

Immigration Law (LW3460)

   Added on 2020-02-24

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Running head: IMMIGRATION LAWImmigration LawName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1IMMIGRATION LAWAnswer 1Mr. JacobDate:Address:SUB: Relevant advice to properly carry out functions as a migration agent; provisions relatedto Work Skilled Subclass 457 Visa.Respected Mr Jacob,I am writing to you so that relevant advice is supplied to you related to procedures, ethics andaccounting provisions required to successfully operate as a migration agent in Australia. Inorder to operate as a migration agent you must be registered with the Migration AgentRegistration Authority and comply by the existing legal provisions of the country to avoidlegal liabilities. You must clearly know that the Migration Act 1958 and the Migrationregulations 1998 have to be strictly adhered to by you to ensure proper functioning. Inaddition you are also obliged to follow a specific code of conduct which has been set out formigration agents. The code exists through schedule 2 of the migration regulations.The legal instructions that the code has to be followed are stated in section 314 of theAct. As per the provisions of the section an agent has the legal obligation of abiding by therules of the code of conduct while they are carrying out their functions. Therefore you mustbe aware of the code and conduct your activities in accordance to its rules.Further as per section 313 in the Act it is mandatory for you to provide a statement ofservice to any client you are dealing with as soon as all negotiations with the clients related tothe services to be provided have been concluded1. The statement is a written document which1Migration Act 1958 (Cth)
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2IMMIGRATION LAWmust include detailed information about services which have to be provided for the purposeof attaining the required visa for the clients such as the steps, the monetary need for suchsteps and the approximate time concerning the specific visa application. In the particularcircumstances you have to provide the company Wood Engineering who have approachedyou to make a visa application on behalf of Josephine with the necessary details about theprospects of success of the visa application, the steps involved in the application of subclass457 visa and the monetary cost involved in it. The section further implies that in case therequired statement of services have not been provided by you than your client would be underno obligation to pay you any fees, disbursements and out of pocket expenses incurred by you.You have the obligation to inform the department of immigration as a proceduralrequirement about any services related to migration assistance which you are going toprovide to a client. As provided by part 3 of the Act section 312A this obligation ismandatory for you to comply with. The information submitted by you has to be done throughform 956. Upon the termination of the services which were provided to the clients you mustinform within 14 days to the department about such event.Regulation 6B of the regulations makes it mandatory for you to have in placeprofessional indemnity insurance. Having this insurance in place would ensure that you andyour clients are protected from any monetary losses resulting out of a professional mistake inon your side related to the visa application process2.You also have the duty to inform any person who is being provided with assistanceabout the progress related to each step involved in the application. You have to provide theclients with the copy of the code of conduct and the rights of the clients which they areentitled to.2Migration Regulations 1998 (Cth)
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