CPD SEMINARS FOR REGISTERED MIGRATION AGENTS
3 and 4 May 2017
Wednesday 3 May 2017
9.30am – 11.00am Ethics and Professional Practice (SM138, 1 mandatory point)
Charles Powles, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
11.15am – 12.45pm Preparing a Protection Visa Application (SM232, 1 point)
Cassandra Benjamin, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
1.45pm – 3.15pm
Refugee Law - Persecution (SM241, 1 point)
Cassandra Benjamin, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
3.30pm – 5.00pm
Temporary Protection Visas and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SM173, 1 point)
Karen Richards, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
5.00pm – 6.30pm
Fast Track and the Immigration Assessment Authority (SM172, 1 point)
Charles Powles, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
Thursday 4 May 2017
9.30am – 11.00am Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Migration Review Division (SM234, 1 point)
Priscilla Jamieson, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
11.15am – 12.45pm Representing Clients with Mental Illness (SM171, 1 point)
Lauri Stewart, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
1.45pm – 3.15pm
Trends in Judicial Review (SM153, 1 point)
Lauri Stewart, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
3.30pm – 5.00pm
Partner Visas (SM191, 1 point)
Priscilla Jamieson, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
5.00pm – 6.30pm
Character Refusals and Cancellations (SM176, 1 point)
Shelley Burchfield, Refugee Legal Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent
Venue
Melbourne Polytechnic Auditorium, Level 3, 20 Otter Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Some street parking is available on Otter Street and Wellington Street for $11.00 per day. Refer to this link further details
CPD Points
Registered Migration Agents: Each of these one and a half hour activities is approved for the purposes of Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) program for migration agents as notified in Office of the MARA Notices for 1 point.
Legal Practitioners: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional
development and practice of the law, then you should claim one unit for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included.
Mandatory CPD Units
Please visit the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority website at www.mara.gov.au to find out which activities you are
required to complete prior to your annual re-registration.
Notifying OMARA
An attendance record is sent electronically to the OMARA for each activity within 14 days of completion of that activity. Call the agent
hotline on 1300 66 00 26 if you wish to enquire about your completed activities.
REGISTRATION FORM
Please return this form and payment to:
Refugee Legal: PO Box 1139, Collingwood Vic 3066
Payment should be by cheque, made payable to Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre Inc. or by credit card. The reduced fee is only
available to migration agents who are registered as non-fee-charging. Registrations are transferable but registrations can only be used for
an alternative seminar in the same series and not for subsequent seminar series. Please also note that refunds will not be given.
Date of issue: 20 April 2017. ABN: 948 0629 3897. Upon payment of this fee this form constitutes a tax invoice. Please retain a copy for
your records. Refugee Legal: retains the right to vary or cancel seminars.
Cost:
Fee-charging agents
Non-fee charging agents
– $650 for 10 sessions,
– $450 for 10 sessions,
$400 for 6 sessions, $72 per single session.
$270 for 6 sessions, $50 per single session.
All rates include GST.
I wish to attend (please tick):
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Ethics and Professional Practice (SM138)
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Preparing a Protection Visa Application (SM232)

Refugee Law – Persecution (SM241)

Temporary Protection Visas and Safe Haven Visas (SM173)

Fast Track and the Immigration Assessment Authority (SM172)

Administrative Appeals Tribunal – Migration Review Division (SM234)

Representing Clients with Mental Illness (SM171)

Trends in Judicial Review (SM153)

Partner Visas (SM191)

Character Refusals and Cancellations (SM176)
Title: …….. Given name/s: .................... ……………………. Surname: .......................... ……………………….
(Please print name as it appears on the OMARA Register of Migration Agents)
Name of Organisation:………………………………………………………………………………………………......
Address: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………
Postcode: ………………………………………….
Telephone: ………………………….............
Email: ………………………………………….…..
Migration Agent Registration Number (7 digit): ………………………….
Cheque/Money order payable to Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre Inc.
Amount $…………………………
Credit card: Please charge $………….. to my Visa / MasterCard (please circle)
Card No: _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
Expiry Date: _ _ / _ _
Cardholder’s name: ……………………………………....
Signature: ………………………………………
Further Information: Ph: (03) 9413 0101, Fax: (03) 9413 0144, Email: [email protected]