Registered Migration Agent to visit to South Africa in April 2015

SANDTON - 23 April to 26 April 2015 

I will be available at the Courtyard Hotel, 130 Rivonia Road, Sandown, Sandton.

FREE SEMINAR on THURSDAY, 23 April at 18:00 – 19:30

Individual appointments can be made for the following dates and times:

Thursday, 23 April: 09:00, 10:30, 12:00, 13:30, 15:00

Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 09:00, 10:30, 12:00, 13:30, 15:00, 16:30; 18:00
To make an appointment:  Send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. listing the date that you wish to attend a seminar or the date and time you would like to make an individual appointment for an interview; OR
Send an SMS with your request to +61 430 28 5656.

The DIBP structure chart is now available:

portfolio-structure-chart-09032015.pdf

From 1 July 2015, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) will become one Department.

This is a general notice to all RMAs who are looking to have their points reported for CPD activities by providers.

It has not been possible for CPD providers to report points to the OMARA as the website has been down.

The website is now back online but this means there may be a delay in reporting.

If it is ok for the Office of the MARA to issue 'warnings' about agents on their website then it is ok for MA to issue warnings to case officers on ours.  The following is a complaint about Lorraine Sullivan which has been sent to the DIBP by a RMA:

I’m a registered migration agent (MARN: 00000000) [number removed for privacy reasons]

On 8 March 2015, my client Mr. XXXX Zhou’s student was cancelled by the Department at the Sydney Airport before he was immigration cleared. I was notified of Mr. Zhou’s situation that night by a friend of his. I rang the Department’s airport office on 02 83378524 at around 9:51 pm and spoke to a male officer (name unknown to me), who advised me to email a copy of Form 956 to his office before I could obtain information about Mr. Zhou from the office. The Form 956 would be forwarded to Mr. Zhou to sign at the Villawood Immigration Detention Facility (VIDF). I emailed the Form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at around 11:11 pm pursuant to the officer’s instruction.

 The following statement has been released by Sydney TAFE today:

“As an approved scholarship fund provider, Sydney TAFE is still approved to accept contributions for 457 Visa contribution fund A. Please be advised that in relation to commission payments, we do not use 457 funds for this purpose.   All contributions received from 457 Visa contributions go towards training and scholarship programs for Australian and permanent residents.”

Robert Cousins - Associate Director Student Learning and Facilities