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For the past number of years our firm has specialized in the area of Australian
immigration and employment law. With offices in Maroochydore, Queensland and
associate offices abroad, we regularly and successfully represent foreign nationals from
countries throughout the world, who wish to live and work in Australia, on a permanent
or temporary basis.
At the present time, the Australian government grants permanent resident status to
qualified professionals and skilled workers under the General Skilled Migration Scheme
governing the selection of skilled workers migrating to Australia. Using a point system,
an applicant is assessed under various factors that determine whether there is a strong
likelihood the applicant will successfully establish himself/herself in Australia.
Following our review of your credentials, it is my opinion that you qualify for Australian
permanent residence under the General Skilled Migration Scheme governing the
selection of skilled workers migrating to Australia. I am therefore pleased to offer you
our assistance to apply for Australian permanent residence for you and your
accompanying dependants under our program outlined in OPTION “A” below. You may
take comfort in the fact that less than 2% of all the clients I agree to represent, are
refused.
Additionally, you will also qualify for our FAST TRACK IMMIGRATION Full Service
Relocation Program (FSR) program to Australia which is described in OPTION “B”
below.
To start, if you select our immigration services under OPTION A, you may upgrade to
our Full Service Relocation Program, OPTION B, at any time during our mandate, by
simply paying the difference in applicable counsel fees, with no added charges.
You may also locate our assessment of your credentials along with our offer of
assistance enumerating our services and programs and other information directly from
our web site in a convenient html format at the following link:
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1. An online version of this message providing you with our offer of assistance and
program details: http://www.immigration.ca/aus_opti.asp
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2. Evidence that Glenn Ferguson is a licensed immigration lawyer with the Queensland
Law Society and a Registered Migration Agent (No. 0105779) approved by the
Government of Australia pursuant to the Regulation of the Migration Advice Profession,
to represent your interests:
http://www.immigration.ca/profile-authorized.asp
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Following your review of the documentation referenced herein, should you wish to
proceed with our assistance or raise issues for clarification, kindly communicate with me
at your convenience.
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Glenn Ferguson
Ferguson Cannon
Tel: (61) 7 5443 6600
Fax: (61) 7 5443 8806
E-Mail: Laura@fclawyers.com.au
OFFER OF ASSISTANCE
Should you wish to retain our services to represent your interests to apply for Australian
permanent residence, our counsel fees would be established as follows:
LEVEL 1, 17 SOUTHERN DRIVE. MAROOCHYDORE, QLD 4558 AUSTRALIA
TEL.: (61) 7 5443 6600. FAX: (61) 7 5443 8806. E-mail: Laura@fclawyers.com.au
Web: www.fclawyers.com.au
Australian Citizenship & Immigration
Resource Centre Pty Ltd.
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OPTION A – PERMANENT RESIDENCE PROGRAM
(Installment Plan)
£1,500 (English Pound Sterling)
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Our services include:
* Effective preparation of all application forms for yourself and your accompanying
dependants (where applicable).
* Providing active and ongoing monitoring and tracking of your filed application and
providing you with 24 hour access to the status of your application with our firm, using
our e-Track software.
* During the application process should new selection rules come into force, we will
forward on your behalf, additional submissions to the visa office to outline how you may
qualify under the new selection rules, modified selection criteria or a change in the pass
mark.
* Persons engaging our services will also receive access throughout the application
process, to Attorney Glenn Ferguson's extensive experience and insight to provide
answers to the numerous questions that will likely arise regarding issues of immigration,
settlement and employment in Australia.
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Payment of Our Fees
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* third payment of £500 to be paid following approval of your qualifications by the visa
office.
Our counsel fees (payable in English Pound Sterling) do not include the government
filing fees. For an enumeration of applicable government filing fees kindly refer to the
following link:
http://www.immigration.ca/australia/fees.asp
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Our Full Service Relocation program is a unique and comprehensive relocation program
that concludes within a period averaging between 6-9 months from hiring our services. It
begins with a comprehensive Labour Market and Relocation report that outlines a
number of important issues regarding successfully settling and working in a number of
States or Territories in Australia. The information in our report covers a wide range of
issues including but not limited to:
Our Labour Market and Relocation report will give you insight into which of the states
is most compatible with your overall settlement objectives. We are most confident that
our report will provide you with insight that cannot be readily found.
Once you have reviewed our report, we will then contact and pre-screen a number of
qualified “sponsoring” employers across Australiaor in a particular region of the country
where you wish to settle. Many employers in Australiaare not qualified to meet the
stringent sponsorship rules to support a foreign worker. However we ensure that your
sponsoring employer will meet all such requirements.
Under our program, employment interviews are scheduled in advance of your planned
visit or a permanent relocation to Australia. Since we do not charge employers any
placement or related fees for our extensive immigration services, employers in a wide
range of occupations are motivated to interview our clients because there are no costs
to be incurred by such employers.
We represent your direct interests at all times during our mandate with you. We assist
the employer on your behalf to address all of the legal immigration requirements
involved in obtaining approval of your hiring by the Australian authorities. Without
effective immigration counsel, such as we can provide, any employers cannot meet the
complex immigration hiring requirements on their own.
First, we will evaluate your employment options within the current Australian
employment market and we will provide you with an accurate assessment of your salary
potential in Australia. We will then make concrete written recommendations (Labour
Market and Relocation report) in order to maximize your chances for success in
securing employment with our assistance.
Our Labour Market and Relocation report will provide you with a clear understanding
of your marketability and the appropriateness of the city or region in Australiathat we
believe you are best suited. In summary, our report will provide you with insight that will
help you understand the strategy that we will be following towards your successful
relocation and settlement in Australia.
The anticipated time to complete the Labour Market and Relocation report is about
one month from the commencement of our mandate and formalization of our
instructions.
Second, following the presentation to you of our labour market and relocation report,
we will proceed to the employment interview stage of our mandate. This second stage
will encompass the following undertakings:
The anticipated time to complete this second stage will range from 2-4 months from the
commencement of our mandate (signing our contract) depending on various factors
including the time of year, the labour market responsiveness and your availability to
attend employment interviews in Australia.
Third, once you accept an offer of employment from a qualified sponsoring employer,
we would proceed to the stage of our mandate where we would assist the employer in
obtaining approval for your hiring from the applicable government authorities and
thereafter, apply for the work visa. During this stage, we prepare and submit an
application for a temporary work visa, valid for 12- 24 months.
Once approved, the work visa will enable you to immediately begin working in
Australiafor the sponsoring employer. Your family (where applicable), would also qualify
for temporary residence visas allowing them to accompany you to Australia.
The anticipated time to complete the third stage will be two (2) months from receipt of
an offer of employment from a qualified sponsoring employer. Overall this will take
place within a range of 6-9 months from the commencement of our mandate depending
on various factors.
Fourth, once you are either settled in Australia, or just prior, we will apply for Australian
permanent residence on your behalf (and those of your family, where applicable). We
anticipate that, based upon assurances provided by the Australian Government, overall
processing will conclude in 6-12 months from submission of the application for
permanent residence to issuance of visas. We will work with you to determine when to
submit the application for permanent residence.
Under our Fast Track Immigration Full Service Relocation (“FSR”) program, our fees
would be established on a fixed fee basis in the amount of £4,750 excluding applicable
government fees and would be payable in FOUR installments:
Under our FSR program, although we are very confident of success and while we
cannot and do not guarantee that a qualified sponsoring employer will materialize, we
confirm that the third and fourth payments of our fees are entirely conditional upon
written commitment from a qualified sponsoring employer related to and commensurate
with your qualifications, followed by the required government approvals for your
admission to Australia.
As you can observe therefore, under our program, our mandate is result oriented
such that bulk of our fees is only paid once we begin the labour market opinion on
behalf of a qualified sponsoring employer and we obtain confirmation that the hiring will
be approved.
Should you wish to consider engaging our services as described above, kindly confirm
your interest by telephone or by Email and we would be pleased to schedule a
personal meeting togetherduring our upcoming visit to the United Kingdom.
Should you require further clarification regarding our authorized standing or any
additional information regarding our services, please take the liberty of communicating
with the undersigned at your convenience.