Subject Matter

The Department of Home Affairs is clear that family and domestic violence is not tolerated in any circumstance. 

Unfortunately, many temporary visa holders and visa applicants find themselves in abusive or unsafe relationships, whether that be with an Australian spouse or a fellow visa holder who is a member of their family unit.  The family violence provisions were introduced into the Migration Regulations to ensure visa applicants do not remain in relationships where they fear for their safety in order to stay in Australia. However, very few visa subclasses have these family violence provisions, and those that do have strict evidentiary requirements and processes that must be satisfied and followed.

This workshop aims to introduce participants to the family violence provisions and to understand their application to non-citizens at various stages of their migration journeys.

Content

• Options for Partner visa applicants who have suffered family violence from their sponsor
• Making a family violence claim
• How that claim is assessed
• Case law

Educator

Jasmin Angel MMIA
Senior Associate, Estrin Saul Lawyers

Schedule

Wednesday 20 and Friday 22 September 2023
12:00pm - 1:30pm AEST (Sydney time)

Continuing Professional Development

Registered Migration Agents

3 CPD | Category A

RMAs must attend for the full duration in order to obtain CPD points.

Legal Practitioners

3 CPD | Substantive Law

Legal practitioners are eligible to earn points for this CPD. The MIA is an approved QA Provider of CPD for the Legal Profession in Western Australia.

Other Information

Resources

You will need access to a computer or laptop with a reliable internet connection and speakers. For group discussion, you may also require a microphone and/or video. Earphones with a microphone that come standard with many mobile phones may be suitable.

Please join this test meeting to check your internet, speakers and microphone prior to registering.

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