Julie Louie

Leader of the Immigration Law Team at Russell Kennedy.

Areas of Practice: All aspects of Immigration Law, including:

•Advice on visa eligibility, options, application strategy and time limit

•Employer Sponsored Temporary Residency applications

•Employer Nominated Permanent Residency applications

•Labour Agreement

•Business Sponsorship Applications, Obligations, Compliance and Sanctions

•State/Territory Sponsored Business Visas

•Family stream Visa category

•Complex matters involving exclusion period, family violence, unlawful status, health and character issues

•Exceptional circumstances such as age, English and work experience

•Review applications for Visa refusals

•Review applications for Visa cancellations

•Citizenship applications

•Ministerial submissions

•Federal court applications

Experience:

•Negotiating Labour Agreement and acting for multinational and national corporations bringing skilled personnel to Australia

•Advising employers on business sponsorship applications, obligations, monitoring and compliance issues

•Assisting skilled and family migration clients in temporary and permanent residency applications

•Representing corporate and private clients in the Migration Review Tribunal and Federal Courts

•Presenting seminars to local government and professional organizations on various aspects of immigration law matters including sponsoring temporary skilled workers, business sponsorship and obligations, labour agreement requirements and visa eligibility, options and time limits.

•Authored and published migration-related articles written in Chinese in a local Chinese newspaper (2001-2010)