Are You Giving Australia Migration Advice? - English Subtitles

[David48]

Just a heads up ...

The Australian government doesn't have us in their sights ... but it's worthwhile to know.

One of the members who used provide such good advice to the Forum gburns57au ... was always keen to remind the members here of the above advice.

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[Jay Sata]

You need to be licensed or registered to do just about anything in Oz.

[GrantSmith]

"dob-in" line... Love it!

[ThaiVisaExpress]

Off-shore agents do not need to be registered.

[krisb]

Off-shore agents do not need to be registered.

Really?

So to call yourself an agent for the Australian Embassy and be based in Bangkok, you dont need to be registered or licensed or accredited?

This is news to me.

[David48]

I've no experience in the field.

Just thought that it was interesting just how serious they take the matter.

Indeed, I wished the department was more focused on outcomes rather then practises.

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[samuibeachcomber]

"dob-in" line... Love it!

like being back in school,living in OZ......................."teacher, jeremy keeps pulling my pigtails"

[samuibeachcomber]

You need to be licensed or registered to do just about anything in Oz.

how did such a tough rugged country become such a "namby pamby state"

[Will27]

It really should be put in perspective though.

DIAC aren't really interested in someone giving information here and there.

It's basically to try and stop "backyard" agents representing lot's of clients.

It'a not uncommon to have these unregistered agents doing bulk work for

students etc.

I'd suggest that you don't have to be registered if you're overseas as it would

be too hard to investigate/prosecute.

Regards

Will

[Jay Sata]

You need to be licensed or registered to do just about anything in Oz.

how did such a tough rugged country become such a "namby pamby state"

Speaking from experience of living there I'd say inherited 1950's union mentality from the UK.

Plumbers,electricians,estate agents you name it and they have to be registered.

Just like France there are limits to what work you can do and who you employ to carry out alterations on your own home. When you leave the gate it gets worse.

You even need a licence to pull a small trailer behind a car.

Australia has an army of civil servants always on the look out for new rules and regulations.

Edited March 9, 2013 by Jay Sata

[simple1]

You need to be licensed or registered to do just about anything in Oz.

how did such a tough rugged country become such a "namby pamby state"

Speaking from experience of living there I'd say inherited 1950's union mentality from the UK.

Plumbers,electricians,estate agents you name it and they have to be registered.

Just like France there are limits to what work you can do and who you employ to carry out alterations on your own home. When you leave the gate it gets worse.

You even need a licence to pull a small trailer behind a car.

Australia has an army of civil servants always on the look out for new rules and regulations.

Are you saying you prefer to do business with unlicensed trades people, financial advisers, do not support planned urban development etc etc

I bet you are one who complains about the "nanny state" but would the first to access your 'rights" if something went wrong for you

[Jay Sata]

You need to be licensed or registered to do just about anything in Oz.

how did such a tough rugged country become such a "namby pamby state"

Speaking from experience of living there I'd say inherited 1950's union mentality from the UK.

Plumbers,electricians,estate agents you name it and they have to be registered.

Just like France there are limits to what work you can do and who you employ to carry out alterations on your own home. When you leave the gate it gets worse.

You even need a licence to pull a small trailer behind a car.

Australia has an army of civil servants always on the look out for new rules and regulations.

Are you saying you prefer to do business with unlicensed trades people, financial advisers, do not support planned urban development etc etc

I bet you are one who complains about the "nanny state" but would the first to access your 'rights" if something went wrong for you

What I'm saying is that all that regulation costs money and people. There is a happy medium in between and because of the internet the rules only apply in Oz.

[7by7]

Off-shore agents do not need to be registered.

Really?

So to call yourself an agent for the Australian Embassy and be based in Bangkok, you dont need to be registered or licensed or accredited?

This is news to me.

I have never seen Thai Visa Express call himself, his company nor anyone associated with him or the company "an agent for the Australian Embassy!"

(There is a Pattaya based agent, not TVE, who calls himself a member of the "Embassies (sic) Governing Council;" but no embassy has heard of that organisation and it has only one member!)

Whether his client is applying to Australia, the UK, wherever, TVE acts as the applicant's agent; not the embassy's!

Whilst I know very little of the Australian registration rules, I suspect that they are very similar to the UK's. That is, anyone offering immigration advice within the UK must either be a registered adviser or a qualified lawyer; but those doing so outside the UK are not subject to this, or any other UK, law because they are outside the UK!

Having said that, I do know that Thai Visa Express does have an office in the UK and so is registered with the OISC, the appropriate UK authority.

Possibly the only agency offering UK visa advice in Thailand who is; certainly the only one of which I am aware.

(Here ends the commercial.)

Edit:

Those concerned about visa agents, particularly those in Thailand, may find this topic of interest.

Edited March 9, 2013 by 7by7

[ThaiVisaExpress]

Hello I think the poster is confusing TVE with another company .

We are not that company and we are not associated with it .

[7by7]

Ah, I see.

Then the poster needs to be made aware that the company concerned, and any other visa agent who claims to be acting for an embassy or to have a special relationship with any embassy, is lying.