The specialist immigration/citizenship consultancy firm known as Australian Immigration & Citizenship Law Advisers (AICLA) has its origins back in 1994. It has evolved to become one of the most progressive Australian immigration and citizenship advisory firms based in Australia today. It has offices in Sydney and Perth. Its development continues.

AICLA is owned by a corporation. Its team of highly skilled experts includes specialist Australian immigration lawyers and senior Australian immigration consultants (registered migration agents) who aspire to high technical competency and ethical practice.

Chris is the manager of AICLA and a founding member of the Immigration Lawyers Association of Australasia. He is also the principal lawyer at CGN Legal, an Australian law firm which acts as Legal Immigration Consultant to AICLA. Chris is not a migration agent. He is an Australian-trained lawyer (Barrister/Solicitor/Attorney-at-Law) who is enrolled in the High Court of Australia (which is the highest Australian court) and who is dedicated to the study of Australian Immigration & Australian Citizenship Law matters. Since 1994, he has been advising on Australian immigration/citizenship matters. He has the knowledge and experience to deal with 'A to Z' (all kinds of) cases involving Australian immigration/citizenship law, including extremely complicated cases. He actively support's the company's philosophy which is: "If It Can Be Done, Aicla Can Do It".

As the principal immigration/citizenship legal consultant to AICLA, he advises AICLA on all immigration matters although "immigration assistance" as defined in law is provided by those within the AICLA team who are migration agents. In this context, he regularly and systematically provides legal advice to the firm's migration agents on all complicated legal aspects of all our clients’ cases. He also briefs barristers in immigration/citizenship cases that are brought before the superior courts.

He has had extensive experience as a consultant immigration lawyer representing clients in Australia and overseas in Australian immigration/citizenship cases before tribunals and courts. His paramount responsibility as manager of AICLA is to directly provide legal advice, help and assistance to the firm’s team of migration agents so as to ensure that they adhere to the highest possible standards of technical and legal competency, ethics and professionalism. It is our management’s belief that it is this methodology that explains the extremely high rate of success to date for all the firm’s immigration cases, including those that are extremely complicated, since 1995.

For many years, he has been giving some of his time freely in voluntary work in the capacity as a 'pro bono' Australian immigration lawyer for one or more community-based organizations in Australia.

His credentials are as follows: [click here to view credential documents]

Qualifications: 

	Bachelor of Laws (Australian National University, Canberra)
	Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry major) (University of Western Australia, Perth)
	Post Graduate Diploma of Education (Edith Cowan University of Western Australia [formerly WACAE], Perth)
	Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Australian National University, Canberra)

Officer of the following courts of law:

	High Court of Australia (including Federal Court of Australia)
	Supreme Court of Western Australia
	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

Other Qualifications/Experience:

	Foundation Member, Immigration Lawyers Association of Australasia
	Qualified Australian High School/College Teacher (prior to commencing law studies)
	Australian real estate experience

Trendafil ('Phil') is a trained and experienced senior migration agent. He is especially well qualified to assist clients from South-Eastern Europe since he is originally from that part of Europe and understands the ethos of the region. He has worked as a NAATI-accredited professional Translator and Interpreter with government departments and private institutions since 1991.

He has extensive contacts with many ethnic and social organisations as well as business and property associates. Trendafil holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Curtin University in Western Australia. He is also currently completing a Bachelor of Laws degree through Charles Darwin University.


Trendafil's credentials:

	Registered Australian Migration Agent No 0321026
	Professional Translator and Interpreter with TIS (DIMIA), Centrelink and the Department of Justice
	Migration Institute of Australia (MIA)-member No 1847
	Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT)
	Australian Institute of Management (AIM)
	Bachelor of Arts (Curtin University, Western Australia)
	Other languages - Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian

Donny Law and Co, Solicitors

Mr. Donny Law is the principal solicitor of Donny Law and Co in Sydney. For our Chinese-speaking clients, AICLA has engaged Donny as an Interpreter-Translator Consultant. Donny can speak Cantonese and Mandarin and act as interpreter between client and other AICLA immigration advisers as needed. Donny is extremely helpful and useful to our Chinese-speaking clients.

Donny Law LLB(ANU); BA(UHK); MPhil(CUHK); Grad Dip LegPrac(ANU) is the Principal Solicitor at Donny Law & Co, Solicitors.[click here to view credential documents]

His Qualifications include:
· Bachelor of Arts (Political Science Major) - University of Hong Kong (1982)
· Master of Philosophy (Government and Public Administration) - Chinese University of Hong Kong (1987)
· Bachelor of Laws - Australian National University (1994)
· Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice - Australian National University (1995)
· Admissions to the following courts:
· Solicitor of The High Court Of Australia (including Federal Court)
· Barrister and Solicitor of The Supreme Court of New South Wales
· Barrister and Solicitor of The Supreme Court of Australian Capital Territory

Relevant Experience:
· Immigration Officer of the Department of Immigration, Hong Kong (1983-1984)
· Successfully applied for long stay business "4 year" visas for German Clients
· Successfully applied for a visitor visa on behalf of a client from Cambodia
· Successfully applied on behalf of numerous clients holding visitor/temporary visas for FIRB's (Foreign Investment Review Board) approval in purchasing real property in Australia.

Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay is a barrister in Sir Lawrence Jackson Chambers.

He was Director of Legal Aid in Western Australia for two years and is presently President of the West Australian Refugee Council.

He has appeared in important cases on Australian immigration law in the High Court of Australia and Federal Court of Australia.

Jurgen Baumhoff, a permanent resident of Australia, graduated from IHK Munich, Germany with a Hotel Management Diploma. In addition he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Hotel Management from the International Graduate School of Management (University of South Australia). He is a member of the Global Hoteliers Club, having worked on 4 Continents. He is also a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

He has worked with major leading hotel brands around the globe, for instance, the Intercontinental, Hyatt, Holiday Inn and Crown Plaza. His experience extensively covers Europe (Germany, Switzerland, France, UK), Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia), Australia and now the Middle East. To date, he holds or has held positions of General Manager, Regional General Manager and Chief Executive Officer within the industry.

Jurgen is AICLA’s business and regional representative for the Middle East region. He is also General Manager for the AICLA (GCC-Middle East) office. He is conversant in a few European languages.