Migration Alliance has been given permission to publish limited information in relation to a recent search warrant executed on the residential home of a migration agent on Thursday 12 November 2015.

The Registered Migration Agent (RMA) was making herself a coffee in the morning. She then heard shouting,

'Police'.

Working as a Registered Migration Agent can mean assisting clients in making one of the most important decisions of their lives: helping them migrate to Australia.

Do I really need Professional Indemnity Cover?

Taking out Professional Indemnity cover is not only a sensible professional decision, it’s also a legal requirement. Migration agents are required under the Migration Act to hold a Professional Indemnity policy which features at least $250,000 in coverage. Why? Because it protects you against claims from clients who allege you or your business did something wrong or failed to do what it said it would. You might have made a genuine mistake or you might have done nothing at all, but either way you could be facing a big bill. If this unfortunate situation arises you may have to hire lawyers and your business might be forced to pay your client compensation and its legal fees if you lose or settle the case.

Migration Alliance is in receipt of the following information from a victim of Abel Prasad.  The victim would like her name to remain anonymous.  The details of this story have been provided to the relevant authorities:

"I just wanted to share my experience with Abel Prasad in case it can be used as evidence against him… my experience wasn’t migration though but I figure every piece of evidence against this pathological liar would help?

I was employed by Abel Prasad around six years ago when he started a company called Ivy Envy Marketing. Originally he ‘employed’ myself and a number of other young women to work as interns for his business. At the time I was young and naive. I worked for him for around six months during which time I became acutely aware that he was a pathological liar and a manipulator. The group started as unpaid interns and after someone dobbed him into fair work (this was only made aware to me after I left) he began paying us. After seeing a letter in his office, I suspect I’m actually owed a lot of money from him when I was working as an intern because it was illegal for him to have us working for no wage and fair work had demanded he back pay us for our time, from which we never saw a cent for (not to mention the bounced pay cheques etc).

Get to know your Vice-Convenor

Kristie is an Australian Registered Migration Agent, handing all types of visa submissions to the Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP), as well as the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

Kristie established Morgan Jensen Migration in 2010.  The business has recently gone through re-branding and has recently commenced trading as Morgan Immigration Australia.  

As a regionally based business owner, Kristie has a strong interest in regional migration matters, with particular skills in handling RSMS (subclass 187) submissions, and assisting employers to manage the temporary and permanent visa needs of their international employees.