Welcome to Abacus Visa

We are an Australian immigration law firm and specialise in obtaining Australian visas for people intending to work in, migrate or travel to Australia on a temporary or permanent basis. With over 15 years of proven industry experience and access to the latest changes in visa legislation, we have a strong reputation for successfully gaining a range of visas for businesses and individuals.

Our immigration lawyers offer clients personalised, efficient and cost-effective services to those seeking advice on Australian immigration law.

As a boutique immigration law firm, our services include:

Business services: advice to businesses wanting to employ candidates from overseas to work in Australia on a temporary or permanent basis. Services include employment sponsorship, nomination and visa applications as well as post-visa advice on the Australian Department of Immigration & Citizenship’s monitoring and compliance. More

Individual services: advice to individuals (and families) wanting to work in and migrate to Australia on a temporary or permanent basis. For people whose visas are due to expire we can help apply for new visas allowing them to remain in Australia lawfully. More

Call us on +61 2 92124008

News Flash

24-Jan-2019
Planning to lodge a partner visa onshore? Apply ASAP!

On 28 November 2018, Parliament passed the Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other ..

19-Dec-2018
New South Wales suspends business and investor visas until further notice

The New South Wales (NSW) state government has temporarily closed applications for nomination fo..

16-Dec-2018
Employers beware! Data Sharing makes it easy to detect breach of Employer Sanctions Act

Employers beware: Due to new data matching arrangements (https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Gen/Home..

13-Nov-2018
Age limit for Irish and Canadian applicants for Working Holiday Visas raised to 35

New regulations (https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018L01507/Download) raised the upper a..

13-Nov-2018
Controversial Australian citizenship bill to be re-introduced as citizenship approvals dive

Update on controversial new citizenship bill Last year, the Australian government intr..

09-Aug-2018
Employers brace for impact as Skilling Australians Fund starts 12 August 2018

Employers should be prepared to pay significantly more for sponsoring foreign workers. New regul..

03-Jul-2018
Increased Pass Mark to 65 for certain General Skilled Migration visas - from 1 July 2018

From 1 July 2018, the pass mark will be increased to 65 for the following three subclasses under..

03-Jul-2018
Pilot Global Talent Scheme to attract workers with specialised skills

From 1 July 2018, the Australian Government will begin implementing a new Global Talent Scheme (..

03-Jul-2018
Second Stage of Partner Visa Process - Department will now remind applicants

Recent advice from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) confirms they will now automatically not..

24-Mar-2018
URGENT NEWSFLASH: Temporary Skill Shortage (482) Visa replaces 457 Visa from 18 March 2018

The following information is of a general nature and cannot substitute for professional legal ad..

22-Feb-2018
Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) overtaken by new Department of Home Affairs (

Businesses, visa applicants and visa holders should note that the Department of Immigration and ..

27-Jan-2018
IMPORTANT: Changes to Occupation Lists effective from 17 January 2018

As part of a review conducted every six months, changes were made to the occupation lists for te..

04-Dec-2017
Important changes to Partner Visa application process from 18 November 2018

Changes to the Partner (Subclasses 309/100 (http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/309-/Partner-(P..

23-Nov-2017
Grandfathering provisions announced for certain 457 visa holders!

The Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP) has released more information regard..

05-Oct-2017
Sponsoring overseas workers? Critical information on training benchmarks

If you are a business sponsoring overseas workers under either the Temporary Work (skilled) visa..

07-Jul-2017
UPDATED 1 July 2017: How changes to the 457 visa and the new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa imp

The following information is of a general nature and cannot substitute for professional legal adv..

07-Jul-2017
UPDATED 1 July 2017: Reforms to (186/187) Permanent Employer Sponsored Visas

The following information is of a general nature and cannot substitute for professional legal advice..

06-Jul-2017
English Language Exemptions for 457 removed from 1 July 2017 – with a few exceptions

Important changes to English language requirements for the Subclass 457 Visa program kicked in fr..


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