Welcome

Lorenzo Boccabella has been providing CPD courses for migration agents from when MARA first required agents to do Continuing Professional Education.

Lorenzo, a barrister since 1980, over the years has appeared in every tribunal or court which deals with migration cases including the High Court & the Federal Courts.  Lorenzo is also an accredited specialist in Migration Law. 

The latest issue of Migration Law & Practice is now available . For first time subscribers starting with issue 11 you will also get issue 10 free of charge.
 

CPD WORKSHOPS & GENERAL INFORMATION

We have settled the dates for the 10 to 12 point CPD workshops from now until mid 2010. Migration agents in their first year of practice have to complete the 4 mandatory CPD Modules, namely “Accounts Management”, “Business Management”, “Ethics & Professional Practice” and “File Management”.  Migration agents beyond their first year of practice must do one of those mandatory modules. Whichever category you are in, you will be able to satisfy all of MARA’s requirements at all of our CPD workshops

ETA Business Long Validity Visas The travel agency associated with the conference business has developed the software tools to process ETA business long validity visas, by-passing direct contact with DIAC (this is authorised by DIAC).  Most recently the travel agency obtained instant ETA visas for 4 European residents valid for multiple entry for the life of their passports which extended until 2013!  On these business ETA’s the visa holder can stay for a maximum of 3 months at a time (see the attached flyer for all the details including a list of ETA-eligible passport countries).  Many travel agencies do not know how to do this properly leaving the client with either a single entry visa or worse, a tourist visa.  

SPECIAL NOTE FOR LAWYERS: We are accredited providers for the QLD law society and on our reading of the rules these migration workshops qualify for points for the Law Institute of Victoria, WA Law Society and NSW Law Society, continuing education requirements.

Continuing Professional Education Pty Ltd has now been approved as a QA Provider with the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. 

MARA now requires lawyers with practicing certificates in Qld, NSW & Victoria to do only 6 CPD points (not 10 CPD points) & they are NOT required to do any mandatory modules. For lawyers we recommend doing 8 points – Migration Update is a comprehensive round up of recent changes in migration law, the other 3 modules are great knowledge builders. We offer 8 points (4 modules) for $595 or 6 points (3 modules) for $495.

Agents who have a current legal practicing certificate as a legal practitioner issued by the ACT, WA, SA or TAS need to complete 10 CPD points, including ONE of these mandatory modules.

The mandatory modules are ‘Business Management’, ‘Accounts Management’, ‘Ethics & Professional Practice’ and ‘File Management’. We offer these modules at all of our seminars.