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Notification of giving of immigration assistance to visa applicants
Offence title:
Notification of giving of immigration assistance to visa applicants
Act:
312A Migration Act 1958
Offence:
If:
(a) a registered migration agent gives immigration assistance to a visa applicant in relation to the visa application; and
(b) the agent gives the assistance after having agreed to represent the applicant:
the agent must notify the Department in accordance with the regulations and within the period worked out in accordance with the regulations. Failure to comply is an offence.
Penalty:
60 penalty units
Summary/Indictable/mixed:
Summary
Jurisdiction:
Local Court
How committed:
An agent to notify the Department in accordance with he regulations that they are assisting a visa applicant with a visa application.