Welcome to AAA Visas!

If you are thinking about applying for a visa, do not wait for some new "more favourable" laws and rules to help you. Get what you can under the present rules. Best of Luck to you.

You would not be at this website if you were still wondering whether you wanted to live in Australia. You have already made a decision to come and you are now looking at the ways to get in.

You will need an Australian visa to come here, and you will need a very special type of visa if you wish to live here.

This site is largely informational in nature. It is not a "sales site." Yes, we provide services for a fee, but this site is offered merely as a starting place for beginners. Our site is intended to help you come to Australia. Australia needs skilled people and wants to bring families together. We want to give you information on the right visa for you.

Not sure which Australian Visa category you fall into?

Try our free visa skills assessment. JUST EMAIL US AND ASK FOR A QUESTIONNAIRE. TELL US THE GENERAL TYPE OF VISA YOU WANT (PARENT, SPOUSE, SKILLED, ETC.). WE ASSESS IT FOR FREE. SEND INQUIRIES TO:   info@aaavisas.com.au

What sort of services do we offer?

Firstly, we offer free assessments for those who answer our questionnaire. We do not tie you up with contracts that make you keep paying month after month for further information.

Will we file a visa application for you?

Yes, but only after we are very confident that you will get the visa. There is no point in filing expensive visa applications for individuals or families that will not be granted by our immigration authorities.

Many of the words used about visas are very hard to understand. Even the words immigration, emigration and migration are used by different English Speaking countries in different ways. In general, when we say migration, we mean moving permanently from one country to another as in moving from or migrating from Nigeria to Australia. When we say immigration, we mean moving permanently into another country (as in moving from Canada to Australia or immigrating into Australia from Canada). Emigration for us means moving out of a country as in emigrating from Australia to the UK.

There are many visas that are not migration visas. All visas are given out by DIAC. However, just because the word immigration appears in the name of the government department, it does not mean that the visa that you receive will be a migration visa. It may be a temporary visa that permits a short stay or even a long stay; but you will have no right to reside permanently in Australia. Some of these temporary visas can lead to permanent visas under SOME circumstances. But watch out, the rules for conversion are complex.

 PERMANENT VISAS

The categories for SKILLED MIGRATION are: Skilled Independent Visa , Skilled Australian Linked Visa , Skilled Designated Area Sponsored Visa , Distinguished Talent Visa , Skilled Independent Overseas Student Visa , Skilled Australian Linked Overseas Student Visa , Skilled Designated Area Sponsored Overseas Student Visa , Skilled Independent New Zealand Citizen Visa , Skilled New Zealand Citizen Sponsored Visa , Skilled New Zealand Citizen Designated Area Sponsored Visa, and Skill Matching Scheme Visa. Are there others? Yes, these are the ones most frequently used. The categories for BUSINESS MIGRATION are: Business Owner Visa , State/Territory Sponsored Business Owner Visa , Investor Resident Visa , State/Territory Sponsored Investor Visa , Business Talent Visa , Established Business in Australia Visa , and Regional Established Business in Australia Visa. The categories for FAMILY MIGRATION are: Dependent Child Migration Visa , Adoption Visa , Orphan Child Visa , Working Age Parent Visa , Aged Parent Visa , Aged Dependent Relative Visa , Remaining Relative Visa , Carer Visa , Resident Return Visa , and Contributory Aged Parent Visa .

The categories for SPOUSE/PARTNER MIGRATION are: Spouse Visa , Prospective Marriage Visa , and Interdependent Visa .

The categories for EMPLOYER SPONSORED MIGRATION are: Employer Nomination Scheme Visa , and Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme Visa .

TEMPORARY VISAS

These are not migration visas. They are temporary by nature, and although many people "live in" Australia for years on them, at the end of the visa period the individual has no right to permanent residence. If the visa is not extended--and many are not extendable or may be virtually impossible to extend--the visa holder must leave the country.

The categories for EMPLOYER SPONSORED TEMPORARY VISA are: Temporary Business Sponsorship Visa , Labour Agreements Visa , Invest Australia Supported Skills Agreement Visa , Professional Development Visa , Business Temporary Visa , and Long Business Visits to Australia Visa .

The categories for TEMPORARY WORKING VISAS are: Working in Australia Visa , Skilled Independent Regional Visa , Working Holiday Maker Visa , Visiting Academic Visa , Special Program Visa , Domestic Worker Visa , Educational Visa , Exchange Visa , Expatriate Visa , Entertainment Visa , Family Relationship Visa , Supported Dependent Visa , Public Lecturer Visa , Media and Film Staff Visa , New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship Visa , Occupational Trainee Visa , Religious Worker Visa , Sports Visa , Temporary Medical Practitioner Visa  and Graduate Skilled Temporary Visa .

The categories for STUDENT VISAS are: Vocational Education and Training Visa , Higher Education Visa , Masters and Doctorate Visa , Schools Student Visa , Secondary Exchange School Students Visa , Non-Award Foundation Student Visa , and AusAid or Defence Student Visa .

The category for RETIREMENT VISA is the Retirement Visa (Non Migration).

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If you want to read the Australian immigration department's administrative ideas, please go straight to DIAC's website: www.immi.gov.au. If you are looking for the actual law and regulations about visas, get them on Austlii.edu.au.  Remember, the statutes and the regulations are the contolling language of immigration law--not any website--not even DIAC's own website.

Registered Migration Agents in Australia give Australian visa advice. Registered Migration Agents in their work of giving Australian visa information are supervised by an official government agency. Here is a general link to the Migration Agents Registration Authority so that you can better understand what migration agents have to do with regard to Australian visas, the agents’ responsibilities, and your rights in regard to these agents in regard to Australian immigration, migration and emigration visas and citizenship.