Two streams that share almost nothing except the standard of preparation they demand. Employer sponsorship is a compliance exercise with three separately assessed stages, where nominations usually fail on the employer’s side rather than the applicant’s. Protection is a credibility exercise where the account you give at the start is the one you are held to for years.
If you are an employer looking to sponsor, start on the first tab — the obligations sit largely with you. If you are seeking protection, the second tab is written for you, and everything you tell us is confidential.
Sponsored pathways don’t use a points score, which makes them the realistic route for people who can’t reach a competitive skilled score — including applicants over 45, where limited exemptions apply. The trade-off is that your employer carries obligations, and their compliance decides your outcome.
Advertising that doesn’t meet the requirements in wording, duration or placement is the single most common nomination failure. It is entirely avoidable and entirely fatal.
The applicable income threshold is indexed and the nominated salary must meet it as well as the market rate for the role. Employers price the role first and check the threshold second.
Roles written to fit a visa rather than a business need do not survive scrutiny. The position description, the business size and the org structure have to tell a consistent story.
We confirm which occupation list the role sits on and which stream gives the best duration and permanent-residence access.
Standard business sponsorship applied for, or an existing approval checked for currency and compliance.
Labour market testing run correctly, salary benchmarked against the threshold and the market rate, position documented.
Visa application lodged, then the transition to 186 or 191 planned from the start rather than at expiry.
Protection claims turn on a detailed, consistent account of what happened to you and why you cannot safely return, tested against country information. Inconsistencies introduced early — often by people trying to help — are very difficult to repair later. Everything you tell us is confidential and covered by legal professional privilege.
Details that shift between the first statement, the application and the hearing are treated as credibility problems even when the change is innocent. Getting the account right once matters more than getting it fast.
Grounds not raised early are harder to raise later. A claim that was never put cannot be assessed, and adding it at hearing invites scepticism.
Protection refusals carry short statutory review windows that generally cannot be extended. People lose the right to review while waiting for advice.
We take your account carefully and privately, before anything is written down for the department.
Your circumstances tested against the legal criteria and current country information, honestly.
Statement and submissions prepared, with bridging visa and work rights sorted alongside.
Tribunal application filed within time, hearing prepared for, and further options assessed if it goes against you.
For sponsors, thirty minutes will tell you whether your role and your advertising will survive a nomination assessment. For protection claims, it costs nothing and everything said is confidential.
Awrangajeb practises exclusively in immigration law, with a focus on protection and human rights matters alongside sponsored migration, and on Ministerial and tribunal appeals. Protection matters are handled personally and confidentially throughout.
Can’t see your question? A 30-minute consultation costs less than a wrong lodgement.
Consultations run 30 minutes, in person in Sydney, by phone or over video. Employers: bring the position description and any advertising you have run. Protection matters: bring whatever documents you have, and nothing you say leaves the room.
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