Eastern Melbourne
Immigration lawyers and registered migration agents help with visa applications, partner and family visas, skilled migration, citizenship and visa refusals.
50 firms
Box Hill, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Laurel International provides legal services in Box Hill, VIC. Listed practice areas include Immigration & Visas and Registered Migration Agent (non-lawyer).
Doncaster East, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Village Family Lawyers provides legal services in Doncaster East, VIC. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Mediation & Dispute Resolution and Divorce & Separation.
Ringwood, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Arnold Dallas McPherson Lawyers Shepparton provides legal services in Ringwood, VIC. Listed practice areas include Public Liability, Workers Compensation and Personal Injury.
Box Hill, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Otway Lawyers Pty Ltd provides legal services in Box Hill, VIC. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Wills & Estates.
Blackburn, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
WKL Lawyers provides legal services in Blackburn, VIC. Listed practice areas include Registered Migration Agent (non-lawyer), Property & Conveyancing and Business & Commercial Law.
Box Hill, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Ghaffari Lawyers & Notary Public provides legal services in Box Hill, VIC. Listed practice areas include Immigration & Visas, Business & Commercial Law and Notary Public & JP Services.
Glen Waverley, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Fong & Co provides legal services in Glen Waverley, VIC. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Planning & Environment and Probate & Estate Administration.
Doncaster East, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Millennium Migration provides legal services in Doncaster East, VIC. Listed practice areas include Registered Migration Agent (non-lawyer), Citizenship and Immigration & Visas.
Camberwell, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Coote Family Lawyers provides legal services in Camberwell, VIC. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Wills & Estates and Divorce & Separation.
Mount Waverley, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
MVAA Legal provides legal services in Mount Waverley, VIC. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Property & Conveyancing.
Box Hill, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Oak Fair Lawyers provides legal services in Box Hill, VIC. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Property & Conveyancing and Employer Advisory & Industrial Relations.
Seville, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Bruce Caldwell & Associates provides legal services in Seville, VIC. Listed practice areas include Public Liability, Business & Commercial Law and Workers Compensation.
Hawthorn East, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Stopline Pty Ltd provides legal services in Hawthorn East, VIC. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Fraud & White Collar Crime and Elder Law & Aged Care.
Box Hill, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Juris Nexus Lawyers provides legal services in Box Hill, VIC. Listed practice areas include Wills & Estates, Business & Commercial Law and Probate & Estate Administration.
Wheelers Hill, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Sapling Lawyers Wheelers Hill provides legal services in Wheelers Hill, VIC. Listed practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Property & Conveyancing and Immigration & Visas.
Malvern, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Lopes Family Law provides legal services in Malvern, VIC. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Property & Conveyancing and Divorce & Separation.
Mount Waverley, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Hartleys Lawyers provides legal services in Mount Waverley, VIC. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Property & Conveyancing and Parenting & Child Custody.
Hawthorn East, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Alter Marcel provides legal services in Hawthorn East, VIC. Listed practice areas include Mediation & Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Family Law.
South Yarra, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Apel I provides legal services in South Yarra, VIC. Listed practice areas include Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Property & Conveyancing and Business & Commercial Law.
Ringwood, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Astute Conveyancing provides legal services in Ringwood, VIC. Listed practice areas include Family Law, Divorce & Separation and Parenting & Child Custody.
Ringwood, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Go To Court Lawyers Woolloongabba provides legal services in Ringwood, VIC. Listed practice areas include Drink & Drug Driving, Wills & Estates and Immigration & Visas.
Glen Waverley, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Hall & Petranis provides legal services in Glen Waverley, VIC. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Business & Commercial Law and Notary Public & JP Services.
Ringwood, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Hedwig Legal provides legal services in Ringwood, VIC. Listed practice areas include Property & Conveyancing, Partner & Family Visas and Business & Commercial Law.
Kew, VIC · Eastern Melbourne
Jesuit Social Services provides legal services in Kew, VIC. Listed practice areas include Building & Construction, Health & Medical Practitioner Law and Mental Health & Guardianship Tribunal.
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.
When comparing Box Hill, Ringwood, Glen Waverley and Doncaster firms, look for the practice area that matches the work required. Reviewing a sale contract and handling an existing property dispute are different engagements.
For immigration & visas, ask which parts of the work the firm handles itself and whether it has relevant VIC experience. Let the lawyer know if a property, employer, other party or existing proceeding is outside Eastern Melbourne. 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.