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Corporate Migration
Sparke Helmore provides legal services to many of Australia's leading companies and government agencies as well as to international companies undertaking business in Australia.
As an important part of these services, Sparke Helmore provides corporate clients and individual business people with high quality, cost effective immigration and visa services.
Our team is experienced in immigration law and policy and assists a range of corporate Australian and international clients by:
- Devising the most appropriate immigration and business strategy;
- Assessing the most appropriate category of temporary or permanent residence;
- Preparing applications for immigration and business-related approvals, including supporting documentation;
- Liaising with relevant Australian Government officials both in Australia and overseas before and during the processing of the applications; and
- Providing assistance with related matters, such as taxation, health insurance entitlements, foreign investment approvals and employee relation issues.
Specialist services
- Temporary residence visas for employment, business or workplace training activities
- Temporary residence visas for non-business related activities (such as retirement, student visas)
- Temporary residence visas for particular occupational groups (such as university appointments, domestic workers, religious workers etc)
- Sponsorship, by Australian employers, of highly skilled individuals to migrate to Australia or remain permanently in Australia
- Migration to Australia of individuals with proven business or corporate achievements in the various categories of business skills migration
- Family migration to Australia for spouses, partners and children
- Applications for Australian citizenship or for the maintenance of permanent residence status
- Advice on related issues, including employment contracts, superannuation, Medicare eligibility, importation of goods and education costs
- Assistance with monitoring visa expiries and compliance for both sponsors and visa applicants
- Bulletins and presentations on trends and developments
- Access to a range of additional specialised legal services
- Foreign investment approvals
- Corporate transactions and advisory
Industry knowledge and track record
Our team has extensive experience in advising corporate and individual clients on a wide range of Australian immigration and visa issues.
Our clients include major multinational corporations from the United States and the European Union, large and SME Australian companies, including start-ups, and successful business and professional people from around the world.
Our corporate clients are key players in a range of industries including information technology, financial services, media and telecommunications, manufacturing, transport and logistics, resources, education and leisure and entertainment.
Our knowledge of the labour market and the particular immigration and visa issues in these industries enables us to devise the most appropriate immigration and business strategy.
Our team's experience includes:
- Obtaining visas for a large number of employees needed in Australia for major software development and implementation projects
- Obtaining visas for overseas professionals and trades people for major resource projects
- Obtaining visas for a number of CEOs of major Australian listed companies
- Advising on immigration and visa issues relating to off-shore and on-shore takeovers and acquisitions
- Advising on character issues relating to employment visa applications
- Obtaining waivers of exclusion periods for individuals required in Australia for employment where they have previously overstayed visas or been working without permission
- Seeking ministerial intervention for senior executives applying for permanent residence who have family members unable to meet the health criteria
- Assisting companies to negotiate labour agreements and Regional Headquarters Agreements
- Advising on issues of dual citizenship and maintaining resident return status for executives on overseas assignments
All immigration advice is provided by Australian Registered Migration Agents who are bound by the Migration Agents Registration Authority's Code of Conduct. A full copy of this Code is available at www.mara.gov.au.
