MARA registered · MARN 1793706QEAC 1942

Migration agent for Liverpool

South-Western Sydney’s main centre, built around Liverpool Hospital and a Western Sydney University campus — so skills assessment, health qualifications and sponsorship come up constantly. Our Parramatta office is a direct trip on the T5 Cumberland Line.

Advising since 2014Sydney CBD, Parramatta & MelbourneEnglish, 日本語, हिन्दी & ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

At a glance

Nearest office
Parramatta – Western SydneyMonday to Friday, 9am–6pm
Getting there
Direct on the T5 Cumberland LineNo change required from Liverpool station
Also available
Online consultationUseful around shift work
Consultation
AUD 150 for 60 minutesCredited towards your professional fee if you proceed

Liverpool

Qualifications earned elsewhere, recognised here

A hospital and a university campus give Liverpool a distinct migration profile: people whose qualifications and experience are real but were earned somewhere else. Most of the difficulty is not the visa application at the end — it is the skills assessment and recognition steps that come first, and the order they have to happen in.

Health and care workers

Nursing and allied health qualifications assessed through the relevant assessing authority, and how that fits alongside professional registration. Sponsored routes under 482 and 186 where an employer is involved.

Skilled trades

Occupation selection and employment evidence for skills assessment. The occupation you nominate shapes everything downstream, and changing it later is costly.

Partner and family visas

Onshore 820 then 801, offshore 309 then 100, in one of the most linguistically diverse parts of Sydney. Evidence across the four areas actually assessed.

Students and graduates

Subclass 500 for study at the Liverpool campus or nearby providers, and subclass 485 once a qualifying course is complete.

What we advise on

The pathways we handle for Liverpool clients

Every card states who it suits and the usual sticking point. Full detail is on the immigration services page.

Student visa

500

Full-time study with a registered provider. Course choice that stands up to scrutiny, the Confirmation of Enrolment, and the conditions attached to the grant.

Suits
New and continuing students
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Course progress and attendance under condition 8202

Temporary Graduate

485

Stay and work after a qualifying Australian qualification. The window is timed from meeting your course requirements, not from the graduation ceremony.

Suits
Recent graduates
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Applying late — the most common way this visa is lost

Skilled migration

189 · 190

Points-tested permanent residence, with or without state nomination. Skills assessment comes first, and the occupation you nominate shapes everything after it.

Suits
Skilled applicants with assessable occupations
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Points claimed but not evidenced

Partner visa

820/801 · 309/100

Onshore or offshore, in two stages. Assessed across the financial aspects of the relationship, the household, social recognition and mutual commitment.

Suits
Spouses and de facto partners
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The second stage is not automatic

Employer sponsored

482 · 186

Sponsored temporary work, and the employer-nominated permanent route. Your status depends on the sponsoring employment, which is the risk worth understanding first.

Suits
Applicants with a willing employer
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Occupation list and salary thresholds

Skills assessment

Step one

The mandatory first step for skilled migration, done through the assessing authority for your occupation. We work with the major assessing bodies regularly.

Suits
Anyone considering a skilled visa
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Employment evidence that does not agree with itself

Where we meet

A direct line to Parramatta

There is no Scholar Hub office in Liverpool. Parramatta is our Western Sydney office and the T5 Cumberland Line runs between the two without a change, until 6pm on weekdays. For shift workers, an online consultation is usually easier than either.

Our nearest office

Parramatta – Western Sydney

252 Church St, Parramatta NSW 2150

Monday to Friday, 9am–6pm

Later hours than the CBD office

+61 2 9279 2775

More about this office on the Parramatta office page.

Wherever you are

Online consultation

Video or phone, Monday to Friday

Documents exchanged securely

Offshore applicants welcome

We also have offices in Lahore and Vadodara for applicants offshore.

How we work

Four steps, and you know where you stand at step two

You should know whether an application is viable before you spend money on it. If it is not yet, we say so and set out what would change that.

  1. 01

    Tell us your situation

    Visa status, qualifications, work history, family. The enquiry form below covers most of it.

  2. 02

    Consultation and assessment

    A registered agent maps your realistic options, the evidence needed, and the honest timeline — including the case for not applying yet.

  3. 03

    A written quote, then the work

    Fixed professional fees agreed before anything starts. Document preparation, drafting and lodgement.

  4. 04

    Through to the decision

    We respond to requests from the Department and keep you informed until the outcome, rather than going quiet after lodgement.

Who advises you

Registered, accountable advice

Migration advice in Australia is regulated. Your file is handled by a MARA-registered migration agent bound by the Code of Conduct — which means the advice you act on is accountable, and you can verify the registration yourself.

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MARN 1793706 — verifiable on the MARA Register of Migration Agents.

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QEAC 1942 — Qualified Education Agent Counsellor, certified by PIER.

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ICEF accredited agency #4216 — independently vetted education agency.

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Advising since 2014 — education and migration, from offices in Sydney, Parramatta and Melbourne.

Upasana Rai

Principal Migration Agent · MARN 1793706 · QEAC 1942

Upasana has spent 15 years in the education and migration services industry and has extensive experience across Australian education and visa pathways. She leads every file personally, from the first consultation through to the decision.

MARA registered migration agent, MARN 1793706QEAC certified education agent counsellor, QEAC 1942ICEF accredited agency number 4216

Reviews

What clients say

Verified Google reviews, unedited. Outcomes depend on individual circumstances and the policy in force at the time — nothing here is a guarantee of a result in your case.

Questions

Liverpool, specifically

General guidance only, and immigration policy changes. Your own circumstances are assessed in a consultation.

No. Our nearest office is Parramatta, reachable directly on the T5 Cumberland Line from Liverpool station with no change, open weekdays until 6pm. Online consultations are available too, which tends to work better around shifts.
Generally the skills assessment and the professional registration pathway come before any skilled visa application, and they are separate processes with separate bodies. Doing them in the wrong order wastes months. A consultation maps the sequence for your specific qualification and country of training.
Not automatically. A sponsored visa ties your status to that employment; a points-tested visa does not, but it needs a competitive score. We compare both against your actual age, English, qualifications and skilled employment history rather than in the abstract.
It can, if it is skilled employment in your nominated occupation, at the required level, and evidenced properly — payslips, tax records, contracts and references that agree with each other. Unevidenced claims are the usual reason a points-tested case fails.
Yes, and you are welcome to bring a family member. We advise in English, with support available in Japanese, Hindi and Punjabi.
Yes — MARN 1793706, verifiable on the MARA Register of Migration Agents. Only registered agents may lawfully give immigration assistance for a fee in Australia.

Other areas we serve

Across Sydney

Two offices, Sydney CBD and Parramatta, covering greater Sydney — plus online consultations anywhere. Full details on the locations page.