Officially Registered Immigration Consultants

For such an important thing as your new residency visa application, it is vital that you choose an immigration consultant who is registered with the regulatory authority of your destination country.

This is your assurance that you will be dealing with a reputable, professional person who has to abide by the set standards and regulations. Our consultants are registered with the following professional and regulatory bodies. Also please read our Regulatory Compliance Notice below.

AUSTRALIA 

 MIGRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION AUTHORITY OF AUSTRALIA (MARA)

Only those registered with the Australian Government Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA)  (and listed on the MARA Register of Migration Agents) can provide immigration assistance, except where an exemption is provided for by the Migration Act 1958 and or the Migration Agents regulations 1998. For more information on MARA and to read the relevant Code of Conduct, please click here.

Migration Bureau staff, agents & associates who are MARA Registered Migration Agents and based in Australia & New Zealand;

Our London New Client Agency engages a MARA Australian Registered Migration Agent, Rhea Tolentino MARN 1171933 as a Personal Relocation Agent

MIGRATION INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA (MIA)

MIA is the professional body for the immigration industry in Australia. For more information visit www.mia.org.au.

Migration Bureau staff, agents & associates who are members of MIA:

* Principal MIA Member

NEW ZEALAND
IMMIGRATION ADVISERS AUTHORITY (IAA)

The New Zealand Government Immigration Advisers Licensing Act (2007) IAA requires that anyone providing New Zealand immigration advice be licensed (unless exempt). Licensing is operated by the Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA). For more information, including the code of conduct, visit http://www.iaa.govt.nz/.

For details of the New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi, please go to www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/treaty/

Migration Bureau staff who are NZ IAA Licensed Immigration Advisers who are based in Australia and New Zealand:

Lawyers and/or Licensed Advisors  conduct regular immigration regulatory compliance checks on all our new client agencies.

NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS

The company has a referral arrangement with Brandts-Giesen McCormick, Barristers and Solicitors for client cases to be handled by an appointed lawyer. See www.lawsociety.org.nz

CANADA

Under Canadian law, immigration representatives must be either members in good standing of a provincial or territorial law society, including paralegals; members of the Chambre des Notaires du Quebec; or members of the governing body for immigration consultants, ICCRC.

 IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS OF CANADA REGULATORY COUNCIL (ICCRC)

For details and code of Professional Ethics, see www.iccrc-crcic.ca

Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCIC) working for Migration Bureau based in Canada are as follows;-

Please note: This is not a publicity of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council and therefore ICCRC is not responsible for the contents.

Quebec: Migration Bureau acts as a referral partner on behalf of an appointed Quebec representative. Upon proceeding with the immigration process, it is the client’s responsibility to verify with the attorney specified in the agreement the accuracy, validity and relevance of all the information contained in the assessment report and to liaise directly with the attorney, with no recourse to Migration Bureau (which takes no active role and has no responsibility for the progress of the client's visa file or for the provision of immigration advice in accordance with Quebec immigration rules and regulations).

LAW SOCIETIES OF CANADA

The Migration Bureau engages the services of the following practising Canadian lawyers based in Canada to assist with the cases of relevant clients;-

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Migration Bureau refers all clients to the following US External Legal Counsel to assist with the cases of relevant clients and to provide all USA immigration advice;- visit www.nz-uslegal.co.nz

UNITED KINGDOM

The Migration Bureau refers all cases of relevant clients to the following UK immigration lawyer; 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Our company policy is to recommend anyone who is seeking UK immigration advice and who is already present or resident in the UK or Europe to contact our immigration associates Igor and Co directly at www.igorandco.co.uk for assistance

Our Client Care and Compliance Team

If you have any concerns whatsoever at any stage of the immigration process, please feel free to contact our Client Care and Compliance Team at compliance@oceaniadevelopment.com  Your concerns will be addressed promptly, (free of charge), with a written explanation and proposed resolution provided.

If necessary, an internal compliance process can be undertaken to investigate your concerns more fully and to provide a mutually agreeable solution. We believe that there is seldom a situation that cannot be reasonably resolved.

For information on Codes of Conduct and on your rights (including that to raise an issue with the relevant regulatory body), please click the links above through to the regulatory body's website.

 For your protection, all our specific immigration advice is provided to you solely in writing.

*REGULATORY COMPLIANCE  NOTICE: All clients personal details and information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be released to any outside party without your prior permission. Our firm places the utmost importance on adhering to the immigration/migration act and legislation, and code of conduct of the relevant immigration regulatory bodies, and we serve to protect client interests by confirming all specific "immigration advice" solely in writing. In contacting and instructing the Migration Bureau, you agree to our company policy that specific immigration advice will only be provided to you, and accepted and acted-on by you, when it is IN WRITING and signed by our IAA New Zealand LIcensed Immigration Advisors  / MARA Australia Registered Migration Agents / ICCRC Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants  and/or Immigration Lawyers (see details of these personnel and the code of conduct on our official registrations / our people page).