Migration Advice

The Legal Services Commission offers a free legal advisory service to immigrants and refugees through its Adelaide office.

For an appointment, please telephone (08) 8111 5539 (9:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday) or email migration@lsc.sa.gov.au (please inlcude your full name and date of birth with your enquiry).

Please note: this service does not extend to advice for all visa types, for example we generally do not assist applicants for student or skilled visas.

Our migration legal advisory service includes the provision of information and advice (but not representation) regarding:

• permanent protection visas;
• temporary protection visas, safe haven enterprise visas and resolution of status visas (for more about these visas please refer to Information for TPV, SHEV and RoS visa holders (PDF, 200 KB);
• onshore partner visas for someone who has left a relationship due to family violence, or for someone who has had a child with the person who sponsored them; and
  • refusals of these classes of visa by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal;
• 'split family' humanitarian or family stream visas for recent humanitarian arrivals;
• visa cancellations, or refusals, based upon a failure of the character test;
• preliminary advice on citizenship (we cannot assist however with the completion of the application form which remains the responsibility of the applicant).

Interpreters can be arranged for those who need them, and should be requested at the time of booking an appointment. 

All assistance provided to people by the migration legal advisory service is subject to a merits test, as funding is limited and new matters can only be accepted within the capacity of the migration lawyers. If our service is unable to assist, our staff will attempt to make a referral to another appropriate provider.

Last updated: 22 April 2024