On December 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding has came into light between Visa Consultants Australia and Educom Overseas, to develop and expand a framework of cooperation between these two legal entities and to develop mutually beneficial programs, students’ orientation projects and referral activities at the education counselling level and the migration products level.

Visa Consultants Australia (VCA) is a registered migration & education agency aimed at counseling and referring students to study in Australia and at providing migration products and services in a friendly and affordable framework.
Visa Consultants Australia Migration Authority Registration Number is 0001536.
VCA is owned and operated by two Australian Migration Agents based in Sydney, Australia.

VCA embraces the Legislative and Regulatory changes to the Migration Act 1958 and adopts the Code of Conduct for Migration Agents contained in Schedule 2 of Regulation 8 of Migration Agents Regulations 1998, and provides the following services of high-quality:
1. Assessment of your eligibility for migration to Australia under the various possible visa categories;
2. Advice on technical or legal aspects in relation to your application;
3. Acting for you before the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Australia;
4. Advising and assisting with applications under Business Migration category;
5. Advising and assisting with General Skilled migration, overseas skilled student visa included;
6. Advising and assisting with applications for Family Migration and /or Change of Status in Australia;
7. Advising and assisting with obtaining students visas;
8. Advising and assisting with obtaining other temporary visas, tourist visa, work permit, visa extensions; and
9. Acting for you before the following specialized tribunals: Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal, and in some instances before the Federal Court of Australia.

Mohamed Issa El Kadi LLB, LLM (UTS),
Liaison Officer and Visa Processing Unit Manager
Mohamed has a Master of International Trade Law, Bachelor in Law and a diploma of business management. Being the first honouree from the Middle-East to give the Farewell Ceremony Autumn 2008 speech on behalf of UTS international students Mohamed understands well the Australian dream and loves to help others in achieving it. His strong background in International law and Immigration law topped with firsthand knowledge of dispute resolution processes and techniques and management skills allow him to play successfully the role of ensuring communication and cooperation between VCA and Educom by serving as an official go-between between top-ranking officials of each organization. A position offered after he decided to get married to the love of his life and settle down in Beirut.
Formerly, Mohamed occupied the position of the client service and case manager at VCA during which he also gained experience in drawing up legal documents to support clients’ cases before the Australian Migration Review Tribunal and the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal.
Mohamed loves cooking, reading and spending quality time with his family and especially with his gorgeous wife, Noura.

Latest News about immigration and education:

On 17 May 2010, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced the list of occupations included in the new Skilled Occupation List (SOL). The introduction of a new list of occupations is part of a package of reforms that reflects the Government's commitment to a labor market demand-driven Skilled Migration Program.

To check if your occupation is on the new Skilled Occupation list please click on :

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/new-list-of-occupations.pdf

So if your occupation is mentioned on the new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and you wish to apply for migration to Australia under the General Skilled Migration program you need to be able to achieve the following scores in the General Points Test.
Skilled Independent visas (SC 175 and SC 885) - 120 points
Skilled Sponsored visas (SC 176 and SC 886) - 100 points
Skilled Regional Sponsored visas (SC 475 and SC 487) - 100 points

Our free migration assessment will allow you to check how many points you may be eligible for!

So don’t hesitate, Australia can be your new home, just email us your resume (c.v.):
Educom@educomoverseas.com

Or call us for a free telephone interview on: +961 71 207 388.”