Australia?  New Zealand?  Canada? or the USA?

If you're serious about emigrating to a new life, here are four easy steps to success!

0. Evaluating Your Chances
0. Processing Your Application
0. Employment and Investment Assistance
0. Re-settlement Services

Step 1 - Immigration Evaluation

Firstly, we need to assess your basic eligibility for immigration to the country of your choice. Visa Centre will only take on a case if there is at least a reasonable likelihood of success.

Before proceeding with a fuller assessment of your immigration suitability, we first invite you to complete a Free Online Eligibility Assessment to determine if we can help you. This takes 5 - 10 minutes and does not commit you to any further steps.  

If the results of this initial "Quick Check" assessment are positive, then it would certainly be worthwhile looking further at how your specific circumstances (such as age, experience, occupation, qualifications, family members etc) will match the eligibility criteria of your destination country. For that we will invite you to complete a more comprehensive paid "Full Check" evaluation which will be assessed by our egistered Migration Agents and licensed Immigration Advisors.   

FULL CHECK ASSESSMENT

This confidential service involves a much more detailed information-gathering exercise and will enable our migration consultants to properly assess your position under the official immigration regulations of Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the USA. Completing it will again put you under no obligation to proceed further.

The Full Check Assessment will produce a written report explaining the specific immigration requirements and procedures as they appy to you and your family, while setting out the steps to follow in easy to understand terms. Entry criteria, visa conditions, processing time-frames, embassy fees and all necessary actions on your part will be outlined. If some aspects of your application are deemed to be weak, we will directly indicate measures to improve them.

Your Full Check Assessment involves 2 to 3 hours professional work by our experienced immigration team in order to research your various visa options and to report back to you on the most appropriate immigration pathway that applies to your situation. Hence a fee is charged for this service.

Step 2 - Residence Visa Processing                                                            

Once you have given instructions to proceed, a Visa Consultant will be assigned to your individual file and they will be responsible for processing your entire residence visa application.

Your Visa Consultant will supervise the preparation of a fully-documented visa application in accordance with the existing immigration regulations of your chosen country. Submissions to support your application will be promptly integrated and checked for suitability, including the translation, legal-proofing and coordination of important (often time-sensitive) documents such as medical tests, language tests and police reports. Our consultant will also work with you to ensure that your work references, qualification and trades diplomas and evidence of your relationship (where applicable) are presented in the prescribed format.

OFFICIAL QUALIFICATION AND TRADES RECOGNITION

A critical part of the immigration process involves arranging for your qualifications to be officially recognised by the relevant academic or industry assessing body. You will be issued with a locally-recognised certificate that will match your qualification to the equivalent local one and outline it in terms that local employers will understand. It is often vital that you get this stage completed in order to be able to proceed to lodge your residence visa application.  

Our Visa Consultants are experienced in the processing of qualification and trades recognition applications with the following and other official bodies: NZQA, TRA, VETASSESS, RPL, ACS, AIM, EEE, etc. We will handle all the paperwork on your behalf as well as the preparation and submission of your application. Your personal Visa Consultant will liaise with the relevant body to deal with any follow-up questions or practical assessment requests.

Once complete, your visa application will be submitted to the immigration authorities, in the officially-stipulated format. Your Visa Consultant will monitor the progress of your application, liaise with the immigration authorities and respond to any questions raised by the authorities. At every stage in the process your Visa Consultant will provide written advice and regular progress reports, together with on-going supervision and advancement of your case.

Upon the approval of your application, your Visa Consultant will arrange the issuing of your residence visa and will remain available to provide advice and guidance on your options regarding citizenship and returning residence visas (re-entry visas).

FURTHER READING

- Benefits of our visa processing service, click here
- Why use an agent? Click here
- View our official registrations, click here
- Check our success rate, click here
- Complete a FREE assessment, click here 

Step 3a - Jobseeker Programme

Whether you are emigrating to Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the USA, the key to success is often your ability to find a new job in your chosen country and/or region. When searching for a job overseas, it stands to reason that you cannot be in two places at once. 

Visa Centre clients receive Free Jobseeker assistance provided by our sister company ODG Recruitment.  Click here for more information. 

Step 3b - Business Migration Scheme

When applying for a Business residence visa, you may be subject to certain conditions relating to the type of investment or business activity that you can undertake. The experienced staff of our sister consulting company, ODG Associates, will guide you on all such conditions in order to ensure that you remain fully compliant with the specific requirements of your destination country's business visa, while enabling you to have maximum flexibility to pursue your desired commercial interests.

Whether you require help preparing a business plan that meets the official immigration criteria, finding a business or property, registering a company or investing in a government-approved immigration fund, all these services are available under the Visa Centre Business Migration Scheme. With an emphasis on personalised service, the scheme can be tailor-made to fit your individual needs and those of your family.

Step 4 - Settlement Services Programme

Once you have obtained your residence visa, you will need to arrange everything from opening a new bank account, to finding a house in your chosen area, through to shipping your household contents and obtaining an official tax file number.

Every client of the Visa Centre is eligible to join our Settlement Services Programme which provides easy access to a range of preferred partner suppliers such as banks, shipping companies, financial planners, pet relocation agents and currency exchange companies.