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The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) regulates registered migration agents to protect the rights of people using their services.
The OMARA has recently cancelled the registration of a migration agent for five years for false employment and improper business interest offences.
For more information on the decision visit: https://lnkd.in/dRB_aG2.
To view a list of Australian registered migration agents working all around the world visit: www.mara.gov.au.
One of the things I got from reading this case:
It is not enough to state in an agreement the potential for a conflict of interest because that was seen as too vague. You have to expressly make the client aware of what the conflict entails ie your relationship to third party(s) from which you will benefit.