- Registration checked before a listing goes live
- Lawyers and registered agents listed separately
- Contact providers directly, by phone or their website
- Free to use for people looking for help
Featured providers
Featured listings are paid placements. They go through the same checks as every other listing, and they are not a ranking. How listings work
Featured migration law firms
Featured migration agencies
Find the person, not just the firm
Every city will have four directories. The first two are open now. Directories of individual migration lawyers and registered migration agents are on the way, for every city.
Migration law firms
Law firms that handle visas, citizenship, refusals and appeals.
Migration agencies
Businesses whose migration agents are registered with OMARA.
Migration lawyers
Individual lawyers with a current practising certificate who work in migration law, each with their own profile.
Coming soon
Migration agents
Individual registered migration agents, with their MARN, languages and the visas they work on.
Coming soon
Are you a migration lawyer?
Register your interest in a personal profile in your city. We check your practising certificate with your state or territory law society before anything goes live.
Are you a registered migration agent?
Register your interest in a personal profile in your city. We check your MARN on the OMARA register before anything goes live.
Open to every city in Australia. If yours is not on the list, choose “Another city” on the form and tell us where you work.
Choose your city
Each city has a page for migration law firms and a page for registered migration agents.
Coming soon
We are adding more cities. If your business is in one of them, you can ask to be listed now.
- Gold Coast QLD: coming soon, list your business here
- Newcastle NSW: coming soon, list your business here
- Sunshine Coast QLD: coming soon, list your business here
- Wollongong NSW: coming soon, list your business here
- Geelong VIC: coming soon, list your business here
- Hobart TAS: coming soon, list your business here
- Townsville QLD: coming soon, list your business here
- Cairns QLD: coming soon, list your business here
- Darwin NT: coming soon, list your business here
How it works
Choose your city
Pick your city, then choose a migration law firm or a registered migration agent.
Compare providers
See services, languages, first consultation details, office hours and registration for each provider.
Contact them directly
Call or visit their website. You deal with the provider, not with us, and we never charge you.
Lawyer or migration agent?
Both can help with visas. The right choice depends on your situation.
Migration law firms
Lawyers can help with visas and also with court and tribunal matters, and other legal problems linked to your migration.
Registered migration agents
Registered agents can prepare and lodge visa applications and act for you with the Department of Home Affairs.
Find help by community
Directories of migration law firms and registered migration agents owned by people from your community are coming soon. If you own one of these businesses, you can ask to be listed now.
Latest visa and migration news
Free download
Free guide: The Smart Migration Guide to Australia
A free guide to planning your move to Australia. It covers visas, housing, health care, finding work and more.
Download the free guide (PDF, 113 MB)More resources
No sign-up needed. The file is large, so a Wi-Fi connection is best. The guide is general information, not legal or migration advice.
Official resources
Official places to check visa rules and a provider's registration. These links go to government websites.
Department of Home Affairs: Immigration and citizenship
Visa types, eligibility, fees and processing times.
Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority
Search the register to check that a migration agent is registered.
Administrative Review Tribunal
Where many visa refusal and cancellation decisions can be reviewed.
To check a lawyer, search the legal profession register of the state or territory where they practise.
Before you choose
How listings work
Providers pay an annual fee to be listed. This is not a ranking or an endorsement, and listings appear in alphabetical order. Listings marked “Featured” are paid placements.
We check each provider’s registration when they join. You should still confirm it yourself: search the Register of Migration Agents on the OMARA website for migration agents, or your state or territory law society for lawyers. This page is general information, not legal or migration advice.
Own a migration law firm or agency?
People across Australia use these pages to find visa help. Add your business with your registration checked, your services and languages, and a direct link to your website.