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We are an emigration service with consultants who are recognized by the industry regulatory bodies in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

The Visa Centre offers an affordable, professional service to assist with your immigration requirements to Australia, New Zealand and Canada ~ a clear and simple high quality immigration service option without the added costs
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Mission Statement
"The manner and professionalism of our consultant when dealing with all aspects of our application process was exemplary. He added a personal feel to the process and made me feel like an individual rather than just a number."
L.M. Ireland

Officially Recognised Visa Consultants

When choosing a consultant to help process your visa, it is important to ensure that you use someone who is recognised by the relevant professional and regulatory bodies. This is your protection that you are dealing with a reputable, professional person or company. VISA CENTRE proudly adheres to the codes of conduct and ethics of the professional bodies of the countries in which we operate and our consultants are registered with the following professional and regulatory bodies. (See Regulatory Compliance Notice below):

AUSTRALIA
MARA - MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION AUTHORITY OF AUSTRALIA

Only those registered with the Australian Government Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (and listed on the Register of Migration Agents) can provide immigration assistance, except where an exemption is provided for by the Migration Act 1958 and or the Migration Agents regulations 1998. For more information about MARA and to read the relevant Code of Conduct, please click here.

Visa Centre staff, agents & associates who are Registered Migration Agents based in Australia & New Zealand:

Name Migration Agents
Registration No.
David Lloyd 9251054
Snezana Mitrevska 9791795
Jessy Mathenge 0958045
Komal Jagasia 0962121
Grant Frankcombe 0107180
Fatima El-Kheir 0962347
Rebecca Mason 0960330

Our London New Client Agency engages MARA Australian Registered Migration Agent, Elizabeth Vartanian MARN 0801756 as a Personal Relocation Agent


MIA - MIGRATION INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA

MIA is the professional body for the immigration industry in Australia. For more information visit www.mia.org.au.

Visa Centre staff, agents & associates who are members of MIA:

Name Membership No.
David Lloyd* 490
Snezana Mitrevska 2173
Komal Jagasia 3821

* Principal MIA Member

NEW ZEALAND
IAA - IMMIGRATION ADVISERS AUTHORITY

The New Zealand Government Immigration Advisers Licensing Act (2007) requires that anyone providing New Zealand immigration advice be licensed (unless exempt). Licensing is operated by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA). For more information on the IAA and their code of conduct, visit http://www.iaa.govt.nz/.

Visa Centre staff who are NZ IAA Licensed Immigration Advisers based in Australia and New Zealand:

Name Licence No.
Christine Yap 200900258
Anna McHugh 200800480
Jessy Mathenge 200902116
Christine LeBeau 200901890 (provisional)
Orieta Calumpang 200800846
Femke Goossen 201100591
Madhur Ahuja 201100639
Rebecca Ray 201100740

Our London New Client agency engages a London-based, New Zealand practising lawyer to ensure strict compliance with the New Zealand Immigration Act and company policies. Lawyers also conduct regular immigration regulatory compliance checks on the Warsaw, Amsterdam and other new client agencies.

CANADA

Under Canadian law, immigration representatives must be either members in good standing of a provincial or territorial law society, including paralegals; members of the Chambre des Notaires du Quebec; or members of the governing body for immigration consultants, ICCRC.

ICCRC - Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council

NEWSFLASH: As of 1st July 2011, the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) became the Canadian Government-authorised regulator of the Canadian immigration industry.

For information, see www.iccrc-crcic.ca.

Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (ICCRC) working for Visa Centre based in Canada are as follows;-

Name Membership No.
John Lironi R414503
Kamal Channi
MA,LLB,CAIIB,FCMI
R408775


Please note: This is not a publicity of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council and therefore ICCRC is not responsible for the contents.

Quebec: Visa Centre acts as a referral partner on behalf of an appointed Quebec representative. Upon proceeding with the immigration process, it is the client’s responsibility to verify with the attorney specified in the agreement the accuracy, validity and relevance of all the information contained in the assessment report and to liaise directly with the attorney, with no recourse to Visa Centre (which takes no active role and has no responsibility for the progress of the client's visa file or for the provision of immigration advice in accordance with Quebec immigration rules and regulations).

LAW SOCIETIES OF CANADA

Visa Centre engages the services of the following practising Canadian lawyers based in Canada to assist with the cases of relevant clients;-

Name Registration No.
Tracey Dowdeswell Law Society of British Columbia, # 505209
Brock Beazley
BA, LLB

Nova Scotia Barristers Society- #1996-1034
Law Society of British Columbia- #502743

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Visa Centre engages the services of the following practising US lawyers based in the USA to assist with the cases of relevant clients;-

Name Registration
Richard Link State Bar of California #149977

 

Our Client Care and Compliance Officer

If you have any concerns whatsoever at any stage of the immigration process, please feel free to contact our Client Care and Compliance Officer. Your concerns will be addressed promptly, (free of charge), with a written explanation and proposed resolution provided.

If necessary, an internal compliance process can be undertaken to investigate your concerns more fully and to provide a mutually agreeable solution. We believe that there is seldom a situation that cannot be reasonably resolved.

For information on Codes of Conduct and on your rights (including that to raise an issue with the relevant regulatory body), please click the links above through to the regulatory body's website.

 

*REGULATORY COMPLIANCE  NOTICE: All clients personal details and information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be released to any outside party without your prior permission. Our firm places the utmost importance on adhering to the immigration/migration act and legislation, and code of conduct of the relevant immigration regulatory bodies, and we serve to protect client interests by confirming all specific "immigration advice" solely in writing. In contacting and instructing the Migration Bureau, you agree to our company policy that specific immigration advice will only be provided to you, and accepted and acted-on by you, when it is IN WRITING and signed by our IAA New Zealand LIcensed Immigration Advisers  / MARA Australia Registered Migration Agents / ICCRC Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants  and/or Immigration Lawyers (see details of these personnel and the code of conduct on our official registrations / our people page).