Gold Coast
Immigration lawyers and registered migration agents help with visa applications, partner and family visas, skilled migration, citizenship and visa refusals.
55 firms
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
Hervey Bay Conveyancers provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Partner & Family Visas.
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
OMB Solicitors provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
Atlas Lawyers provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Wills & Estates.
Bundall, QLD · Gold Coast
Bell Miller Solicitors Maroochydore provides legal services in Bundall, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Varsity Lakes, QLD · Gold Coast
Avis & Funk Law provides legal services in Varsity Lakes, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Wills & Estates.
Bundall, QLD · Gold Coast
Rise Legal provides legal services in Bundall, QLD. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Property & Conveyancing and Intellectual Property & Trade Marks.
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
ABKJ Lawyers provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Wills & Estates and Partner & Family Visas.
Varsity Lakes, QLD · Gold Coast
Collas Moro Ross Barron provides legal services in Varsity Lakes, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Partner & Family Visas and Business & Commercial Law.
Surfers Paradise, QLD · Gold Coast
TIA Lawyers provides legal services in Surfers Paradise, QLD. Listed practice areas include Immigration & Visas, Partner & Family Visas and Business & Commercial Law.
Robina, QLD · Gold Coast
My Community Legal Gold Coast provides legal services in Robina, QLD. Listed practice areas include Partner & Family Visas, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Not-for-Profit & Charity Law.
Miami, QLD · Gold Coast
Gold Coast Leasing & Mortgage provides legal services in Miami, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Wills & Estates.
Bundall, QLD · Gold Coast
LEAD Conveyancing Gold Coast provides conveyancing services in Bundall, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Strata & Body Corporate and Building & Construction.
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
Quinn Law Group provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Commercial Litigation, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Family Law.
Surfers Paradise, QLD · Gold Coast
LMN Lawyers provides legal services in Surfers Paradise, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Notary Public & JP Services.
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
Travis Schultz & Partners provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Workers Compensation, Partner & Family Visas and Personal Injury.
Bundall, QLD · Gold Coast
Quinn Family Law provides legal services in Bundall, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Parenting & Child Custody and Divorce & Separation.
Coolangatta, QLD · Gold Coast
Main Lawyers provides legal services in Coolangatta, QLD. Listed practice areas include Workers Compensation, Medical Negligence and Motor Vehicle Accidents / CTP.
Surfers Paradise, QLD · Gold Coast
Social Law Co. provides legal services in Surfers Paradise, QLD. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Property & Conveyancing and Intellectual Property & Trade Marks.
Robina, QLD · Gold Coast
Keating Kate Lawyer provides legal services in Robina, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Property & Conveyancing and Mediation & Dispute Resolution.
Bundall, QLD · Gold Coast
Chancery Legal provides legal services in Bundall, QLD. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Building & Construction and Property & Conveyancing.
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
Regis Legal Pty Ltd provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Immigration & Visas.
Robina, QLD · Gold Coast
SR Family Law (formerly Spencer Ryan Family Law) provides legal services in Robina, QLD. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Binding Financial Agreements and Divorce & Separation.
Bundall, QLD · Gold Coast
Probate Law Centre provides legal services in Bundall, QLD. Listed practice areas include Probate & Estate Administration, Wills & Estates and Property & Conveyancing.
Southport, QLD · Gold Coast
Senior Legal provides legal services in Southport, QLD. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Family Law and Domestic Violence & AVOs.
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.
Southport, Surfers Paradise, Robina and Coolangatta offer different starting points for a Gold Coast search. A matter involving Tweed Heads or a NSW asset should be identified as cross-border from the first enquiry.
For immigration & visas, ask which parts of the work the firm handles itself and whether it has relevant QLD experience. Let the lawyer know if a property, employer, other party or existing proceeding is outside Gold Coast. 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.