Free Migration Agents

We need you!

Free membership with AFFMA now available

If you are interested in refugee and migration law issues, please sign up for your free membership with AFFMA here.

3 hours pro bono equals 1 CPD

We are an approved organisation by MARA and we need volunteer migration agents! Please contact us if you are willing to help out. Remember that for every 3 hours pro bono work, you will get 1 CPD. We will also start offering face -to-face CPDs from 2015.

Our AGM is scheduled for the end of February / early March 2015 and we are looking for committed people to be on the AFFMA board for 2 years. You could nominate yourself or nominate someone else who must accept the nomination.

The role of President and Vice-President are reserved for pro bono migration agents only. All other office bearers are open for everyone. Click here to start your application.

Fee free advice from AFFMA – free migration agents

What advice does AFFMA provide?

Free Migration Agents provide pro bono migration services for refugees, asylum seekers and humanitarian entrants to Australia. - image — Free Migration Agents provide pro bono migration services for refugees, asylum seekers and humanitarian entrants to Australia.

AFFMA provides advice to financially disadvantaged people in relation to most refugee and humanitarian visas.

Who can use AFFMA advice services?

Any person in NSW who is financially disadvantaged (before receiving advice from our centre you will be asked to provide some information regarding your financial status) and is an actual or potential applicant, sponsor or proposer for an Australian refugee or humanitarian visa may be able to use AFFMA’s advice services.

How is AFFMA’s advice delivered?

From July 2014 AFFMA has provided fee free immigration advice and assistance to financially disadvantaged people in NSW through the following advice services:

Face to face advice

Telephone advice

Ongoing assistance and representation

AFFMA will consider cases against our guidelines on a case by case basis to determine whether a person is eligible for ongoing assistance.

Vision and purpose of AFFMA

Who can AFFMA help?

AFFMA will provide free immigration advice to financially disadvantaged people in New South Wales eligible for a protection visa - image — AFFMA will provide free immigration advice to financially disadvantaged people in New South Wales eligible for a protection visa

AFFMA provides free immigration advice to financially disadvantaged people in New South Wales eligible for a protection visa. AFFMA is not part of the Department of Immigration or any other Government department. All migration advice given on behalf of AFFMA is given by volunteer Registered Migration Agents.

Our vision and purpose

The main purpose of The Association is to provide a one-stop shop offering a range of services refugees and asylum seekers need to access as follows:

Pro bono assistance, by RMAs, in their migration application to the Department of Home Affairs
Financial assistance to meet the cost of their migration application, health check and the like;
Pro bono assistance in their appeal application to the Refugee Review Tribunal and the Migration Review Tribunal if needed;
Advising the target group(s) of their rights and duties under Australian Laws after being granted a Permanent visa;
Connect the target group(s) to mainstream services, (eg Centrelink, Medicare, ATO, employment services and mental health services dealing with victims of torture and trauma), as well as settlement service providers through community and local connections and networks in order to create a welcoming environment and opportunities to help with their settlement needs and make the adjustment to living in Australia.