Welcome to paradise! Fair dinkum!

Why Australia? It is fair dinkum.

Australia has become a highly sought‑after destination for people seeking opportunity, stability, and a better quality of life. It is a stable constitutional monarchy, a liberal democracy, and a first‑world nation with strong institutions and a well‑established rule of law rooted in British legal tradition. The country offers a high standard of living, excellent wages and working conditions, sound investment prospects, sustained economic growth, and enduring political and economic stability.

Australia protects individual rights through robust legal frameworks and a keen national sense of justice. It has a deep natural and Indigenous heritage, together with a growing national commitment to recognition, respect, and reconciliation with First Nations peoples. With vast open spaces, a relatively small population, a warm climate, and a culture of spiritual, religious, racial, and ethnic tolerance, Australia offers both physical and social room to thrive.

Australians value fairness, community, sporting excellence, and the enduring ANZAC spirit — a tradition of courage, service, mateship, and loyalty to King and country, to our allies, and to doing the right thing. Australia is often called “the lucky country.” It is, quite simply, fair dinkum.

Australian immigration law, visas and appeals

Tyndall & Co. provides experienced worldwide immigration assistance and advice with all types of Australian visa subclasses. This includes preparation and lodgement of visas, both onshore and offshore; and visa reviews and appeals for adverse decisions, including representation and submissions as to character issues with previous criminal convictions and a criminal record.

Being an experienced lawyer provides the client with added advantages over and above a normal migration agent who is not a lawyer. For example, client files and information can be protected by “legal professional privilege” in certain cases, which means that the lawyer cannot be compelled to release confidential client information such as client contact details, confidential communications, documents or advice.

Here are some of the Australian Visa Subclasses and work we undertake as follows:

Skilled Independent Visas SC 189 and state sponsored SC 190

with immediate Permanent Residence (“PR”) upon grant straight off

Sponsored Skilled Work Visas SC 186 ENS

which provides PR straight off

SC 858 National Innovation Visas (NIV)

for exceptionally talented migrants including entrepreneurs, innovative investors, athletes and creatives, and global researchers granting PR straight off, including members of your family.

SC 482 “Skills in Demand,” for “Core Skills” and “Specialist Skills” allowing

for sponsored skilled work visas for a “Standard Business Sponsor”.

“Overseas Business Sponsor”

set up a branch in Australia under the SC 482 Skills in Demand pathway.

SC 494 and SC 491

the “Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)” visa with a regional pathway to PR and the Government and eligible family member sponsored counterpart.

SC 407 Training Visas,

for people with less skilled work experience that need occupational training whilst working for their sponsor.

Business visas,

the Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) visa SC 400 Business visas for ongoing work onshore for period of 3 to 6 months.

Graduate skilled visas SC 485

for international students who have graduated on their student visas and want to do post education work, ranging from 18 months up to 4 years for British nationals.

Working holiday visas SC 417

for people 18 years to 30 years (35 years for specific nationals including the UK) with up to three visas;

and Work and Holiday Visa SC 462

for people 18 years to 30 years with up to three visas if you complete the relevant work.

Student Visas SC 500

including student visa cancellations, reviews and appeals. This type of visa has an enormous number of refusals and cancellations every year, and there is a “Genuine Student” (GS) requirement.

Visitor or Tourist visas SC 600, SC 601,

in the tourist, family or business stream and the

SC 651

E-Visitor visa in the tourism or business stream (such as conferences, negotiations, meetings).

Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) Visas SC 400 ,

for short term work in a specialised job for up to 6 months. and intercompany transfers, secondments and specialised deployments.

Family visas, including Partner visas and Prospective marriage visas,

including same sex partners,

SC 820 and SC 801

onshore partner visa or the

SC 309 SC 100

offshore partner visa, both Temporary and PR; and the

SC 300

Prospective Marriage Visa or “fiancé” visa to allow you to come to Australia and marry your partner.

Bridging Visa applications

whilst awaiting decisions on substantive visas, for waiver of Visa Overstay for unlawful non-citizens seeking clearance; or waiver for exclusion periods or re-entry bans PIC 4013.

VACCU or Visa Applicant Character Consideration Unit Character submissions

to pass the “character test” under S501 Migration Act including representation and submissions about previous convictions, any adverse ACRO report, prison time and extenuating circumstances including submissions.

Appeals and reviews to the ART

preparation of reviews to the ART (Administrative Review Tribunal) the former AAT (Administrative Appeals Tribunal) against visa cancellations or refusals , Removal / Deportation decisions and Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirements.

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia review applications

for Judicial Review of a migration decision or lack of a decision based on jurisdictional error.

Federal Court of Australia

appeals from a single Judge migration decision.

Contributory Parent Visas SC 173 and SC 143 and Contributory Aged Parent Visas SC 884 and SC 864

– allowing Parents to migrate to Australia.

Sponsored Parent (Temporary) Visa SC 870

being a handy pathway for a quicker decision to bring a parent out.

Child visas SC 101

to allow children to migrate to Australia as a PR, including certain adult children.

Applications for Australian Citizenship,

by application, descent or conferral, including applications for evidence of citizenship for a Certificate of Australian Citizenship and applications to resume citizenship.

To be eligible to apply for citizenship by conferral, you must have lived in Australia on a valid visa for four (4) years immediately before applying. Also, you must have been a PR for twelve (12) months immediately before making an application and not have been absent from Australia for more than one year in total, during the four (4) year period, including no more than 90 days in the twelve (12) month period before applying. Good character, basic knowledge of English, intention to reside, a continuing association, knowledge of privileges and responsibilities of Australian citizenship are other conditions.

Representation against cancellation of Australian citizenship

Refugee and protection visas SC 866

for front door asylum seekers.

Passport applications

Change of Name applications and certificates

with applications to Births, Deaths and Marriages

Applications for registration of de-facto relationships

 

Recent Articles:

Criminal Record Not Lethal to Australian Visas – Article about failing the Character Test because of criminal convictions and why that may not be lethal to a visa application or a visa grant because of the Ministerial discretion. 07 July 2025 by Jonathan de Vere Tyndall

FIRB is the Good Gatekeeper – Article about buying residential property in Australia and FIRB approval