Understanding Judicial Review in Australia

Judicial review under s.474 of the Migration Act 1958 as summarised in the case of Shahpari & Ors v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2016] FCCA 513 (11 March 2016) Section 474 of the Act creates a statutory scheme providing for the finality of a privative clause decision. In essence, s.474(1) of the Act provides…

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Andi Weritz

Dear Phillip Silver Team, I would like to thank you all for your excellent services provided during the last months. Without your fast and professional acting, it would have not been possible for me and my family to gain permanent residency. I think every staff involved did an outstanding job, and I am sure I…

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Yen

July 2015 Having been notified that I had mistaken my visa expiry, and that I had unintentionally been an unlawful citizen in Australia for almost two months, I was overwhelmed with all the information that I now had to quickly digest. At the top of my concerns was that I would have to forfeit my…

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ML

July 2015 Life is so unpredictable at times. It only seems like yesterday, that I ventured off to China for the first time to meet my now partner. After speaking with a long-time friend about my situation and how difficult it was to know what exactly was needed to bring someone over to Australia etc.…

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Tracey and Essam

A Big thank you goes out to all of you and the hard work you did to make this happen. It has been a trying time but am glad that everything is all over now and we can move forward with our lives.   Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart I…

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Nigora Karimova

14th May 2015 “Words cannot express how tremendously grateful I am to Phillip Silver for his sincere compassion and legal assistance during one of the most challenging times in my life. While coming highly-recommended to me by an honorable friend of mine, Mr. Silver’s level of expertise and professionalism surpassed even my greatest expectations. Aside…

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Tunji & Alison

1st April 2015 The BIGGEST thank you to Phillip and his team for helping us with not one but TWO successful visa applications!! We hired Phillip Silver and Associates after we were denied the first tourist visa we applied for. All we wanted was for Tunji to come to Australia and meet Alison’s friends and…

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Kareela Aviation Pty Ltd

Upon hearing the news our company was to employ an engineer from overseas to maintain one of our helicopters in support of bushfire season and beyond, we were a little overwhelmed faced with having to organise a Subclass 457 Temporary Work (Skilled) Visa within a short time frame of two months. Not only that, we…

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Hazel Johnston

Dear Phillip, A very special thank you for all the wonderful help you gave me over the past few months to obtain my Parent Visa. This has allowed me to become “Granny Kangaroo” to my 4 grandchildren. Family are so important in one’s life especially as a granny and I appreciate all the knowledge, courtesy…

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Garth

Hi Neeta Just wanted to say hi and once again thank you for all your hard work in getting me the Visa. Kind regards, Garth

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