Solicitor, Immigration
Solicitor, Immigration
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“SkillSelect” Skilled Migration Programme
Business Talent (Permanent) (subclass 132) Visa
Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) (subclass 188) Visa
Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) (subclass 888) Visa
Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)
Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
Skilled Independent (subclass 189) Visa
Skilled – Nominated (subclass 190) Visa
Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) (subclass 191) Visa
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491) Visa
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) (subclass 494) Visa
Spouse Visa (subclasses 300 & 309)
Resident Return Visa (RRV)
Parent Visa (subclasses 143 & 864)
Visa Cancellation (including Student Visa Cancellation)
Or perhaps assistance with appeals?
Federal Circuit Court Appeals
Ministerial Intervention
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
Sanling’s extensive experience with appeals
Successful Appeals
The following is a list of successful appeals made by SanLing Chan on behalf of her clients at the Migration Review Tribunal (no longer in existence):
- Michelle Fiorentino [2001] unreported
Appeal against the cancellation of a spouse visa - Chee Seng Cheong [2001] unreported
Appeal against the cancellation of a student visa - Fadwa Karborani [2001] MRTA 5612 (27 November 2001)
Appeal against the refusal of a spouse visa - Amira Ahmed Didan [2002] MRTA 4387 (29 July 2002)
Appeal against the refusal to grant a dependant child visa - Ambrish Kumar [2002] unreported
Appeal against the refusal to grant a Skilled Independent visa - Aldwin Leksono [2004] unreported
Appeal against the cancellation of a student visa - Marisa Powell (Mission Australia) [2004] MRTA 2597 (31 March 2004)
- Zhean Han See [2004] unreported
Cancellation of Student Visa - Guang Cheng Rao [2006] unreported
Last Remaining Relative - Syed Naveed Rahman [2007] unreported
Cancellation of Student Visa - Julian Nazareth [2007] unreported
Last Remaining Relative - Faridah Ali [2007] unreported
Cancellation of Student Visa - Viren P [2007] unreported
Cancellation of Student Visa - Sadia Abdi Nur [2007] unreported
Appeal against the refusal of a spouse visa - Walson Foods Pty Ltd [2008] MRTA 453 (30 May 2008)
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 457 visa - Hyun Woong Oh [2008] MRTA 496 (9 June 2008)
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 457 visa - Yuka Harashima [2008] unreported
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 457 visa - Ram Visvanathan [2009] unreported
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 457 visa - Mohunprasad Seenarain [2009] unreported
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 880 visa - Mohammed Warsame [2009] MRTA 666 (28 April 2009)
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 309 visa - Mohammed Jawid [2009] unreported
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 309 visa - Spring 99 Pty Ltd [2009] MRTA 1716 (31 August 2009)
Appeal against the period of Sanction re a Subclass 457 visa – Sanction period reduced from 1.5 years to 6 months - Raphael Bieniara [2009] unreported
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 457 visa - Yoke Cheong Lim [2009] unreported
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 820 spouse visa - Muhammad Ashraf [2010] MRTA 62 (12 January 2010)
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 573 Student Visa - Jinxin Qi [2010] MRT Case number 0808572
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 485 Skilled Provisional Visa - Elena Paley [2010] MRTA 778 (22 March 2010)
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 116 Carer’s Visa - Simon Barrett [2010] MRTA 2344 (2 November 2010)
Appeal against the refusal of a Subclass 457 Visa - Peter Melling [2011] MRT Case number 1008759 (22 September 2011)
Appeal against Subclass 309 Visa lodged in China
Successful Ministerial Applications
The following is a list of successful Ministerial Applications:
- Bin Fang [2006]
- Leon Ou [March 2007]
- Syed Naveed Rahman [May 2007]
Appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), the High Court of Australia (HCA) and the Federal Court of Australia (FCA)
The following is a list of appeals SanLing has made on behalf of her clients to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), the High Court of Australia (HCA) and the Federal Court of Australia (FCA). Counsel was briefed on all these matters:
- Perth City Mission and Department of Immigration and Multicutural Affairs [1998]
AAT No 13024 [1998] AATA 457 (29 June 1998) - John Dyson Powell & Anor v Administrative Appeals Tribunal & Anor (includes corrigendum dated 3 December 1998) [1998]
FCA 1747 (20 November 1998) - Perth City Mission and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1999]
AAT 192 (25 March 1999) - Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Perth City Mission (& corrigenda dated 31 March 2000) [2000]
FCA 397 (31 March 2000) - Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Perth City Mission [1999]
FCA 670 (19 May 1999) - McDade v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000]
FCA 528 (5 May 2000) - McDade v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000]
FCA 809 (20 June 2000) - Zhao v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000]
FCA 1235 (1 September 2000) - Henry Siswanto v MIMIA [2003]
Federal Court of Australia - Hindrodjojo and Ors v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2004]
AAT 724 (7 July 2004) - Daud Kelana v MIMIA [2004]
AAT - Soegianto Tanujaya v MIMIA [2004]
AAT 386 (16 April 2004) - Jimmy Suhalim v MIMIA [2004]
Federal Court of Australia - Alfredo Anaduta v MIMIA [2004]
Federal Court of Australia - Nina Gomaidy v MIMIA [2006]
AAT 475 - Joan Bamford v MIMIA [2005]
AAT - Rinny Binol v MIMIA [2005]
AAT - Bin Fang v MIMIA [2005]
High Court of Australia - Kiran Shahid v College of Dermatologists [2006]
FCA 818 - Kamala Woelandari v Minister of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006]
AAT 1055 - Kian Siang Sim v Minister of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2008]
AAT 302 - William Ho v Minister of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2008]
AAT - Scott Morrison v MIAC [2007]
FCA 723
Urgent injunction against deportation - Abdul Rahhal v MRT and MIAC [2008]
FCA 933