Sydney CBD
Immigration lawyers and registered migration agents help with visa applications, partner and family visas, skilled migration, citizenship and visa refusals.
53 firms
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Law In Order provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Partner & Family Visas and Business & Commercial Law.
Woolloomooloo, NSW · Sydney CBD
Livingstone & Company Lawyers provides legal services in Woolloomooloo, NSW. Listed practice areas include Immigration & Visas, Property & Conveyancing and Criminal Law.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Pacific Legal Network provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Partner & Family Visas.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
CANARY LEGAL provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Family Law and Property & Conveyancing.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Linc At Law provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Residential Tenancy, Property & Conveyancing and Business & Commercial Law.
Haymarket, NSW · Sydney CBD
Chen Shan Lawyers provides legal services in Haymarket, NSW. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Property & Conveyancing.
Surry Hills, NSW · Sydney CBD
Jemmeson & Fisher provides legal services in Surry Hills, NSW. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial Law and Franchising.
Ultimo, NSW · Sydney CBD
Stuart Alexander & Co Pty Ltd provides legal services in Ultimo, NSW. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Planning & Environment and Wills & Estates.
MRC provides conveyancing services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Commercial Property & Leasing and Partner & Family Visas.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Streeton Criminal Lawyers provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Criminal Law, Drink & Drug Driving and Domestic Violence & AVOs.
Potts Point, NSW · Sydney CBD
Bazaliza Lawyers provides legal services in Potts Point, NSW. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Wills & Estates and Family Law.
Heenan & Co provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Wills & Estates and Estate Planning & Testamentary Trusts.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Go To Court Lawyers Woolloongabba provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Drink & Drug Driving, Wills & Estates and Immigration & Visas.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Makinson d'Apice Lawyers provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Partner & Family Visas, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Building & Construction.
Navado provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Property & Conveyancing and Business & Commercial Law.
Piper Alderman provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Class Actions, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Property & Conveyancing.
Surry Hills, NSW · Sydney CBD
Phonographic Performance Co Of Aust Ltd provides legal services in Surry Hills, NSW. Listed practice areas include Drink & Drug Driving, Business & Commercial Law and Partner & Family Visas.
Haymarket, NSW · Sydney CBD
Sinopacific Holding Pty Ltd provides legal services in Haymarket, NSW. Listed practice areas include Immigration & Visas, Business & Commercial Law and Registered Migration Agent (non-lawyer).
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
ADC Legal-Litigation Lawyers provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial Law and Partner & Family Visas.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Degree Attestation for UAE provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Immigration & Visas, International Family Law & Hague Abduction and Notary Public & JP Services.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Diamond Conway provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Partner & Family Visas, Business & Commercial Law and Property & Conveyancing.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Divorce.com.au provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Divorce & Separation and Domestic Violence & AVOs.
Surry Hills, NSW · Sydney CBD
GMH Legal provides legal services in Surry Hills, NSW. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation and Property & Conveyancing.
Sydney, NSW · Sydney CBD
Harris & Harris provides legal services in Sydney, NSW. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Visa applications are detailed and the rules change often. Immigration lawyers and registered migration agents check eligibility, prepare evidence and lodge applications, and represent people when a visa is refused or cancelled. Lawyers can also take matters to court on questions of law, which migration agents cannot. Check that anyone giving immigration assistance is a practising lawyer or a registered migration agent.
Australia's visa system is complex and changes often. Mistakes can be costly and hard to undo.
Migration is federal, under the Migration Act 1958, administered by the Department of Home Affairs, with review by the Administrative Review Tribunal.
Understand the next step
Advice depends on the pathway, current status, location and application history. Disclose earlier refusals and cancellations. Home Affairs identifies registered migration agents, legal practitioners and certain exempt people as authorised providers of immigration assistance; confirm your adviser’s professional status.
A city-centre address can be convenient for meetings, but it does not tell you which solicitor will handle the file. For a business transaction, employment issue or dispute, ask whether the team has experience with your particular industry and the size of the matter.
For immigration & visas, ask which parts of the work the firm handles itself and whether it has relevant NSW experience. Let the lawyer know if a property, employer, other party or existing proceeding is outside Sydney CBD. Your home address alone does not determine the applicable process.
Gather identity documents, visa records, decision letters and application history. Confirm who will give the advice and their scope of work.
Ask which requirements and evidence need assessment, including translations or reports. No provider can guarantee the application outcome.
Agree who receives correspondence and tracks requests. Keep a complete copy of lodged material and understand what you approve before submission.
Separate professional fees from government charges, translations and other expenses. Preparing an application does not necessarily include a review or court proceeding.
Ask for a written scope identifying the work you are authorising, the person responsible and when costs will be reviewed. If you only want advice on one step, say so before the firm begins wider work.
Provide expiry dates and the entire decision letter immediately. Review rights and dates depend on the particular decision and circumstances.
Directory guidance updated 19 September 2026. General information to help you prepare for a conversation with a professional; not advice about your individual matter. Check current requirements with the relevant authority.
Good to know
Both can prepare and lodge visa applications. For refusals, cancellations and court appeals, or where there are criminal or character issues, an immigration lawyer is usually the better choice.
Many refusals can be reviewed by the Administrative Review Tribunal, but strict and short deadlines apply. Get advice as soon as you receive the decision.
Processing times vary and change often. A complete application with strong evidence avoids delays caused by requests for more information.