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Are you sure you know it all? You can have a go at making an application to the Department yourself. Just remember, it’s not really a fair fight. The Department has immense resources and can be very unforgiving…

Why do clients trust me?

Clients like you trust me to engage with them in a practical, no-nonsense way.

I’m committed to collaborating with the Government to create a world-class migration advice industry.

In November 2020 I was appointed to the Australian Government’s inaugural Migration Advice Industry Advisory Group.

In this group, I work alongside other leading experts to provide strategic advice to the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs, including potential reforms to the legislative framework governing the industry.

I’m supported by Australia’s smartest legal brains. They help me bring about spectacular results, whether it is for a simple bridging visa application (see my reviews below) or whether it is winning ground-breaking cases (see my cases below). I represent everybody – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. (See press articles below). My clients come to me from all walks of life and all parts of this planet. The approach I have is the same for everyone – honesty and laser-focus, peppered with school-boy ambition and the industry’s most curious mind.

100% guarantee. Seriously?

I can’t guarantee the grant of any visa. This is simply because no ethical legal practitioner will do that. In fact, run a mile if someone gives you a guarantee that your case will be approved! With this in mind, I can offer you a limited and honest 100% guarantee. I guarantee that I’ll help you make the best strategic application decisions and better immigration submissions.

What you’ll get from me

Pick my brains. Access my practical knowledge of Australian immigration laws. Above all, get to feel confident about which application to file next. Come to me if you want more. Rather than someone simply filling in forms for you, get my help to make better decisions. Isn’t that what you really need? Better decision-making?

Stop worrying!

Stop worrying about what’s lacking in your application. Let me respond to request letters and notices. Get a grip on the progress of your listed applications and make visa approval more likely. Then let’s get Australian citizenship faster.

Nilesh Nandan – Immigration Lawyer – recent press articles

Nilesh Nandan In The News. MyVisa® Top Immigration Lawyer. As featured on SBS, ABC News, The Guardian, The Australian Newspaper.

Cases by Nilesh Nandan

About Nilesh Nandan – Immigration Lawyer BBUS (Accy) LLB (QUT) GDLP MBA

I was admitted to practice law in Australia in 1993. I first became registered as an Australian Migration Agent when launching MyVisa in 1999. Managing immigration applications is all I’ve ever done since. And I love it!

My first desk (one which I could truly call my own) was a crude bench in a shared cubicle, above an inner-city chicken shop.

Today I operate multiple offices across Australia, including locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

I’ve now spent more than 20,000 hours advising visa applicants and their sponsors. Every week I travel to each of the 14 MyVisa® offices Australia-wide. I meet with clients like you, face-to-face, or virtually. I also offer immigration advice by telephone to help you take action faster.

I migrated with my parents, two older sisters, and younger brother to Australia in 1976, landing in Australia by boat after the Australian Labour Party abandoned the White Australia Policy.

I started school at the local public primary school, riding there daily on my Madison 10-speed racer. I became studious in the hope that better marks would immunise me from school-yard bullying. That didn’t work.

I attended Brisbane Grammar School, loved math, reluctantly learned Latin, and played rugby before studying law and accounting at QUT. The QUT program in 1987 was one of Australia’s first combined degrees.

In 1990, I attended Harvard University and completed their Business Case Study Program, a foundation program for their MBA. I returned from the US to Queensland and completed a Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws, and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. I also completed an MBA in International Business.

Having dedicated all my professional life to Immigration Law, I have now helped several thousand visa applicants and their families get visa grants. I’ve been involved in hundreds of visa appeals at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (the “AAT”, previously called the “MRT”).

My work involves persuading decision-makers to grant visas.

I can represent you at several levels – Departmental, Ministerial Intervention, AAT, IAA, Federal Circuit Court, as well as the Federal Court. Can you benefit from my experience?

Refusals & cancellations

I have a special interest (and exceptional success rate) in assisting with visa refusals and visa cancellations. Our practice runs many immigration appeals. I’m fortunate to have been trusted to personally handle more refusals and appeals than most immigration experts would see in their entire careers.

Learning & teaching

I also get great satisfaction mentoring new immigration lawyers who queue up to complete their Practical Legal Training (PLT) with us, and I assist migration agents with their own practices issues. At the same time, I’m blessed to receive mentoring from immigration lawyers and barristers who are far senior to me.

Australia-wide

We have nationwide locations if you need to meet face-to-face.

NSW – Pitt Street

NSW – Barangaroo

NSW – Milsons Point

NSW – Sydney Castlereagh St

NSW – Parramatta

NSW – Liverpool

NSW – Newcastle

VIC – Melbourne Docklands

VIC – Melbourne Collins St

VIC – Sunshine

ACT – Canberra

QLD – Brisbane

QLD – Gold Coast

WA – Perth

Get started

I feel incredibly privileged to assist people like you. My satisfaction comes from helping you get a better outcome. Our fees are more expensive than many agents and some applicants simply won’t be able to afford our fees. I act for a select group of applicants and sponsors who need street-smart, practical advice, fast. Can I help you?

MyVisa® Australia takes care of all visa, sponsorship, and citizenship application lodgments and approvals. This involves representation at the Department of Immigration, the Australian Passports Office and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

MyVisa® Lawyers support visa applicants and their sponsors in appeals made to the Federal Circuit Court and to the Federal Court of Australia.