Skilled migration and student visas are the two most common ways people start their life in Australia — and the two most commonly refused. One turns on a points score you can influence more than you think. The other turns on a case officer’s reading of why you’re really coming. We handle both, including the refusals that follow.
If you already know your subclass, start there. If you don’t, the difference between these streams is usually who nominates you and where you live — not how good your case is.
Three pathways to permanent or provisional residence based on what you do for a living. The same applicant can score very differently across them, because state and regional nomination add points and open occupations that are closed federally.
A skills assessment against the wrong ANZSCO code is not a small correction — it usually means starting the assessment again, months later, at full cost.
Points claimed for work experience or qualifications that the evidence doesn’t carry are the most common cause of refusal after invitation. The EOI is a set of claims you must be able to prove.
State and regional nominations carry residence and employment commitments. Breaching them can affect the permanent stage that follows.
We score your profile across all three pathways and tell you which one is realistically reachable.
Correct occupation code, correct assessing authority, evidence assembled to their standard.
Lodgement with claims documented, plus state or regional nomination where it improves your position.
Full application within the invitation window, with health, character and dependants handled.
The student visa is assessed on whether a case officer believes you are genuinely coming to study. Since March 2024 that assessment runs under the Genuine Student requirement, which asks a different question than the old GTE test and expects different evidence.
Templated statements are the single most reliable way to get refused. Case officers read hundreds a week and the pattern is obvious.
Funds that appear shortly before lodgement, or that can’t be traced to a credible source, are treated as unreliable rather than sufficient.
Repeated provider or course changes need explaining in the application. Left unexplained, they read as a visa strategy rather than a study plan.
We look at your study history, previous refusals and circumstances at home before anything is lodged.
Financial documents, enrolment, health cover and a Genuine Student statement written to your facts.
Application submitted with the full evidence set, not the minimum checklist.
Condition compliance, course changes and the 485 planned before your course ends, not after.
Most people arrive at a consultation assuming one pathway and leave on a different one. The points audit takes thirty minutes and costs less than a wrong skills assessment.
Awrangajeb practises exclusively in immigration law and takes skilled and student matters from first assessment through to decision — including the tribunal appeals that follow a refusal. The person who scores your profile is the person who argues your case.
Can’t see your question? A 30-minute consultation costs less than a wrong lodgement.
If you need help with an immigration matter, do not wait. Book a free consultation and take the first step toward securing your future in Australia.
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