Why Choose Us

Migrating to a new country like Australia is can be an expensive and life changing experience. It can also be emotionally challenging for you and your family members. With so much at stake, utmost care is necessary to ensure that every decision, strategic or tactical, is the right one for you and every requirement is properly addressed.

It is little surprise that more than half the permanent visa applicants use a migration professional to manage their application. Anecdotal evidence also indicates that refusal rates for permanent visa applications increase considerably for self-managed applications than for those represented by a migration professional.

Apart from the obvious benefit which is reducing the risk or a refusal, whether it is skills assessment, state nomination or visa application, a registered migration agent can add value in many other ways:

• Correctly identifying your nominated occupation. This is key to the entire process and can prove detrimental if not done correctly. This becomes particularly important if your qualifications are not in the same field as your employment or you have worked in more than one type of occupation over your professional career
• Ensuring your SkillSelect Expression of Interest (EOI) points are accurately claimed. This can be tricky if there are irregularities in your work experience or if you are going to claim points for your partner
• Exploring alternate ways of preparing documents if you do not have or cannot obtain the standard documentation. This becomes important for example, if you don’t have a birth certificate, you previous employer is no longer in business or your current employer will not issue a statement of service
• Examining requirements for every State and Territory to find the optimal match for you. This is relevant if you are offshore and need to consider more than one jurisdiction for a subclass 190 or a subclass 491 visa.

It is logical not to be too concerned about a doctor’s fees if feeling unwell or an electrician’s fee if your house has electrical issues because the risks of something going wrong are high. The question to ask however, is whether you can trust the doctor or the electrician. The same approach should apply to your migration application.

The Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA), which is a part of the Department of Home Affairs, offers guidance on the factors you should consider in selecting a migration agent to represent you. The key considerations should be:

Registration with the MARA. This is a must as it is illegal in Australia to give immigration advice if not registered with the MARA. The evidence of someone registered with the MARA is their six-digit number called the MARA Number or the MARN

The agent’s experience. The number of years a person has been a registered migration agent can be determined from the first two digits of their MARN which is the year when they first registered as a migration agent.

Their subject matter expertise. In the current immigration environment, most agents handle most visa subclasses however, some have deeper subject matter knowledge through several years of representing clients for a particular visa subclass or subclasses. Some agents may have also previously worked in Home Affairs and could be expected to have deeper processing knowledge and policy insights.

Their success rate. This is self-explanatory

Feedback from their past clients. This should be the most important consideration and is an excellent indicator of past performance, however, the key is to check whether the feedback channel is reliable. For example, Google Reviews is a robust and transparent feedback channel where feedback once recorded, cannot be removed directly.

With Assure Visa representation of your case, you are in reliable and safe hands because:

• Assure Visa owner and Director Mr Aridaman (Daman) Chabbra is a registered migration agent since 2013 (MARN 1385402)
• Prior to becoming a migration agent, Mr Chabbra worked with the Department of Home Affairs for 18 years in various policy areas. He was also posted overseas by Home Affairs as an Australian diplomat to Indonesia and Philippines, as in-charge of visa processing
• During his time with Home Affairs, including his postings, Mr Chabbra was involved with several hundred visa applications across most subclasses by either processing these himself or providing training and guidance to processing teams
• Assure Visa has a very high success rate which can be further assurance that your matter will receive the diligence and professional handling it deserves
• As a small and niche visa consultancy firm that has Mr Chabbra as the sole director, you can be assured of full attention to your matter by Mr Chabbra and no clerical staff involved
• Being of Indian descent and having migrated to Australia as a skilled migrant in 1992, Mr Chabbra is fluent in north Indian languages like Hindi and Punjabi and understands the cultural context in the sub-continent. However, over the years, the Assure Visa clientele has expanded well beyond the sub-continent (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan) to over 20 countries which include over Kenya, Iran, Philippines, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia and Nigeria and Zimbabwe.

The Assure Visa commitment to our clients is captured in our brand name ‘ASSURE’ where every letter reflects what you can expect from us.

 A – Affordability

S – Sound Immigration Advice

S – Service Quality

U – Understanding your needs

R – Responsiveness

E – Experience