Protection Visa Seminar Online

Settlement Services InternationalSettlement Services International (SSI), with our Immigration Advice and Application Scheme (IAAAS) partners, are hosting a free Webinar on Protection Visa’s on 15th July. This is about explaining who is eligible for government assistance while seeking protection in Australia.


Settlement Services International (SSI), with our Immigration Advice and Application Scheme (IAAAS) partners, are hosting a free Webinar on Protection Visa’s on 15th July.

The webinar will be conducted in English.

The Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme (IAAAS) provides Government funded access to professional immigration advice and application assistance for protection visa applicants who have entered Australia lawfully and meet the eligibility criteria or are minors (for any visa in Australia)for whom the Minister is guardian under the Immigration Guardianship of Children (IGOC) Act 1946.

Who can access Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme?

You maybe eligible for migration advice under the IAAAS if you:

  • arrived in Australia lawfully with a valid visa
  • are seeking a protection visa in Australia, claiming well-founded fear of persecution.
  • have not engaged or are no longer engaged with a Registered Migration Agent.
  • have not previously had a valid protection application considered in Australia.
  • are experiencing financial hardship.

You maybe eligible for full application assistance under the Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme if you:

  • meet the above criteria; and
  • are exceptionally vulnerable due to the following circumstances
  • conditions affecting cognitive function (for example, down syndrome, autism, dementia)
  • mental illness
  • past experiences of torture and trauma
  • incapacitating illness
  • drug dependency.
  • are a minor that is under the Immigration Guardianship of Children (IGOC) Act 1946

What is the difference between advice and assistance?

IAAAS immigration ‘advice’ is where an IAAAS provider gives a person information and advice relating to their protection visa application in person or by videoconference or telephone. The advice could be given to one person, a family or a group of people.

IAAAS application ‘assistance’ is where an IAAAS provider assists a visa applicant complete and lodge a visa application.

To register for the Protection Visa seminar please email to here:  info@ssiiaaas.org.au

 

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