Migration lawyer, not agent.
Clear advice on your visa from a Sydney solicitor who can also represent you in the Administrative Review Tribunal and the courts.
Shayne Beckham · Solicitor, admitted in New South Wales in 2002
Clear advice on your visa from a Sydney solicitor who can also represent you in the Administrative Review Tribunal and the courts.
Shayne Beckham · Solicitor, admitted in New South Wales in 2002
I advise people in Sydney and across Australia on their visas, and represent them when a decision goes against them.
New applications, invalid applications and the October 2026 changes, including what to do if your student visa has expired.
Onshore partner applications, evidence of the relationship, and the move from the temporary to the permanent stage.
What a refusal or a notice of intention to cancel means for you, and your options before the deadline runs out.
Reviews of visa decisions in the Administrative Review Tribunal, from the application to the hearing.
Applications for protection and reviews of protection decisions.
Challenges to tribunal and Department decisions for legal error, in the Federal Circuit and Family Court (Division 2) and the Federal Court.
Not sure where you stand? For a fixed fee you get a lawyer's written assessment of your situation and your options, so you can decide what to do next.
Most often used for student visas and partner visas.
$300 fixed fee, including GST
Email me with a short description of your situation and your visa type, and I will reply with a time for the call.
Advice is based on the facts you provide and limited to your questions. No visa outcome can be guaranteed.
I act in parenting matters in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. I am on the Legal Aid NSW family law panel. If you apply for legal aid, you can nominate me as your lawyer on the application.
I was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in December 2002 and hold a current practising certificate. You can confirm this on the Law Society of NSW Register of Solicitors.
Before private practice I volunteered as a solicitor at Redfern Legal Centre, Inner City Legal Centre and Kingsford Legal Centre. Beckham Lawyers is a small practice: you deal with me directly, from first email to final hearing.
Why a lawyer and not a migration agent? Since March 2021, Australian lawyers with an unrestricted practising certificate can give immigration assistance without registering as migration agents. A lawyer can advise on your visa, appear for you in the Tribunal and the courts, and your confidential communications with your lawyer for legal advice are protected by legal professional privilege.