The legal team at Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers are qualified, practising lawyers with a wealth of experience in the area of immigration law. We are also registered migration agents.

Australian Immigration laws are constantly changing and can be very confusing. In addition to the Migration Act 1958 and its associated Regulations, there are thousands of pages of policy guidelines and instructions, Court judgments and Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal decisions, all of which affect the way the law in Australia is interpreted and applied. We have the qualifications and expertise to advise you about your best options for migration to Australia.

In Australia, a person who charges for legal services must not only be suitably qualified, but must also hold a current practising certificate. These certificates are renewed each year, subject to the lawyer having current professional indemnity insurance and meeting other requirements (for example, completion of a set amount of continuing legal education and having undergone an independent audit of their statutory trust account).

Carina Ford and Rick Gunn are both Law Institute of Victoria accredited specialist immigration lawyers, all of whom have a high level of experience and knowledge of immigration law. All LIV specialists are listed on the LIV website. Follow this link to the LIV website to learn more about the LIV specialization program and what benefits it has for you as a client. http://www.liv.asn.au/directory/specialists/

Your confidentiality is assured when you are a client of Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers. Every lawyer's clients are subject to "legal professional privilege", which essentially means that communications between a lawyer and client are confidential and privileged.

A further reason to use Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers is our extensive general legal experience. Immigration matters can often have implications for rights and responsibilities in other areas of law (for example tax law, family law, employment law or criminal law). Non-lawyer agents are unlikely to be aware of many of these associated issues. Even if we do not have the specific expertise to advise in these areas, we have numerous legal contacts to whom we would be happy to refer you.

Remember that sometimes the best advice is not the advice you want to hear. We will never advise you to proceed with an application that we know will be unsuccessful. We will also independently assess your options.