Two practices under one roof: migration and commercial law.
Skilled workers, sponsoring employers, couples and founders come to us because their problems cross both lines: the visa and the employment contract, the business sale and the partner who needs to stay. One firm, one file, fixed fees agreed in writing.
Pick the door. The team behind it is the same.
Each practice has its own lawyers and its own way of working. What they share is the file: when a matter needs both, nothing is lost at the handover.
Visas, sponsorship and review, prepared to be decided the first time.
Partner visas, the 482 Skills in Demand visa, employer sponsorship and the 186, visitor and parent visas, refusals and Administrative Review Tribunal applications.
- IndividualsPartner, skilled, visitor, parent and student visas
- EmployersSponsorship, nomination, labour agreements, compliance
- ReviewTribunal applications and ministerial intervention
Contracts, structures and transactions for founders and established businesses.
Commercial agreements, company and trust structuring, business sales and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, employment documents and disputes.
- FoundersStructure, first contracts, shareholder terms
- OperatorsSupply, distribution, leases, employment
- TransactionsSale and purchase of a business, due diligence
The reason one firm does both.
An employer sponsoring an overseas worker needs a nomination that passes the Department and an employment contract that passes Fair Work. A founder selling a business needs the sale documents and, often, a visa strategy for the buyer or a key employee. Doing both in one file means the sponsorship terms, the salary and the contract match, because the same people wrote them.
How cross-practice matters run
Four commitments, every matter.
- 01
A named lawyer
Every matter is led by a lawyer you can name and reach, not a queue or a portal.
- 02
Fixed fees in writing
The fee and the instalments are in the agreement before work begins. No hourly billing surprises.
- 03
Advice before applications
A consultation first. If a pathway or a deal structure is not realistic, you hear it there, before you spend on it.
- 04
Decision-ready files
Applications and documents go out complete, so decision-makers and counterparties have nothing to send back.
Latest from both practices.
Guides with current charges, checklists and calculators. All insights
- Employer sponsorship
Visa rules for 2026-27: the six changes in force and the documents they touch
Australian visa changes in force for 2026-27: Skills in Demand, the ART, the two year 186 rule, and 1 July 2026 charges including the $4,015 482.
- Skilled migration
Victoria's Registration of Interest: The Questions It Asks a Founder
Victoria's registration of interest in 2026: what it asks, how it is read against SkillSelect, the $6,140 charge, and what a founder's company answers.
- Employer sponsorship
From TSS to Skills in Demand: What Employers Had to Change, Not Just Rename
What employers changed from TSS to Skills in Demand by 2026-27: the $79,423 floor, one year of experience, national advertising, mobility and contracts.
- Skilled migration
The genuine student requirement: five questions, one $2,500 charge, no refund
Student visa 500 in 2026: the $2,500 charge, the five genuine student questions, what a decided file contains, and the $3,727 review if refused.
- Skilled migration
State Nomination: How to Read an Occupation List Without Misreading It
How to read a state occupation list in 2026: subclass, availability and extra criteria, what the list hides, and the $6,140 charge for the 190 or 491.
Tell us which door, or both.
A consultation with a lawyer in the right practice, and a fixed fee quote in writing afterwards. Migration enquiries can also book directly with Skyline Migration Lawyers.