Visa eligibility assessment &
application planning

Estimated time: 1-2 hours
Professional fees for first hour of consultation: $250.00 ($275.00 including GST) to be booked via our payments website
Additional consultation time if required – Hourly rate: $250.00 ($275.00 including GST) per 60 minutes.
Calculated at 6 minute intervals.

Service information:

  • Visa applicant firstly complete our eligibility questionnaire and also provide us with the following documents:
    • Passport.
    • Up to date resume.
    • English examination result if available.
    • Current visa approval notice or VEVO check result if you are in Australia.
  • We will arrange a call or meeting to go over the visa eligibility requirements.
  • Following our consultation, we will send an email covering the issues that we discussed, and address any outstanding issues to be researched after our consultation.

May be appropriate if you have the following questions/issues:

  • Planning for a future permanent residency visa application as a:
    • Student visa holder
    • 485 visa holder
    • 457/482 visa holder
    • Bridging visa holder
    • Working holiday visa holder
  • What is my likelihood of receiving an invitation given my current points entitlements and eligibility?
  • Is my work experience relevant and can I count skilled employment points?
  • Do I have any state sponsorship 190 or 489 visa options?
  • How do I satisfy the state sponsorship requirements for a particular state?
  • Am I eligible for a positive skill assessment (e.g. TRA, VETASSESS, Engineers Australia etc.)?
  • What documents are required for my skill assessment application?
  • What documents are required for my state sponsorship and/or visa application?
  • Will my prior visa refusal/cancel cause any issues for my current visa application?

With all our consultation fees, if we determine that the applicant is eligible and you decide to proceed with our assistance, then we will deduct any consultation fee that we charge from the final professional fee that we charge for assisting with the relevant application.

189 visa – Skilled Independent visa

Professional fee payment schedule:

Assessment and consultation fee $250.00 (or $275.00 including GST) to be booked via website
Start to prepare your skill assessment application
(if required – otherwise fee not applicable)
$1,000.00 (or $1,100.00 including GST)
Receive your ‘Expression of Interest’ invitation and we can proceed with your visa application $750.00 (or $825.00 including GST)
Only if the Department approves your 189 visa, and after you receive your approval notice $1,000.00 (or $1,110.00 including GST)
Total professional fees $3,000.00 (or $3,300.00 including GST)

190 / 489 visas – State sponsored visas

Professional fee payment schedule:

Assessment and consultation fee $250.00 (or $275.00 including GST) to be booked via website
Start to prepare your skill assessment application
(if required – otherwise fee not applicable)
$1,000.00 (or $1,100.00 including GST)
Start to your state sponsorship application $800.00 (or $880.00 including GST)
Receive your ‘Expression of Interest’ invitation and we can proceed with your visa application $750.00 (or $825.00 including GST)
Only if the Department approves your 190 or 489 visa, and after you receive your approval notice $1,000.00 (or $1,110.00 including GST)
Total professional fees $3,800.00 (or $4,148.00 including GST)

Skill assessment only

Professional fee payment schedule:

Assessment and consultation fee: $250.00 (or $275.00 including GST) to be booked via website
Start to prepare your skill assessment application: $1,000.00 (or $1,100.00 including GST)
Total professional fees $1,250.00 (or $1,375.00 including GST)

Response to Department request

Estimated time: 1 – 3 hours (or longer depending on complexity of application)
Professional fees: $250.00 – $750.00
($550.00 – $825.00 including GST)
Consultation booking & Fixed fee quote: Initial consultation and assessment to be booked via our payments website. This consultation fee payment of $250.00 ($275.00 including GST) will be deduct from the fixed quote that we provide.

Fixed professional fee quote will be provided to you after our initial consultation and assessment.