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Since establishment in
1990, Hamilton Watts has developed to be one of Australia’s leading
visa consultancies and, we believe, one of the very few such
consultancies to specialise in the provision of immigration services
nation wide to the corporate sector.
The company presently employs twelve personnel in Melbourne, Sydney,
Canberra. At the core of the business are several ex
senior officers of the Department of Immigration providing a level
of experience, knowledge and know-how unequalled, in our view, by
any other agency. This alone totals over 100 years of combined immigration
experience and knowledge.
We have concentrated our efforts on the provision of professional
advice and support to companies and consequently, we have become
particularly skilled in the areas of employer sponsored business
visas for Long-Stay Temporary Residence, Permanent Residence,
Business Skills Migration, Australian citizenship and
resident re-entry opportunities.
However, the pool of knowledge and experience available to the
company allows us the scope to provide advice and assistance over a
full range of immigration related matters. All our Consultants are fully accredited Registered Migration Agents.
Through our global linkages, we are able to assist our corporate
clients with moves to many overseas locations including the United
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Laurie Duncan jp,
Managing Director,
RMA:
9794834, Melbourne
Laurie joined Hamilton Watts in December 1997, after a 29-year
career with the Department of Immigration in a broad range of
operational areas in Melbourne, Brisbane and the USA. His last two
appointments in the Department of Immigration were as Western
Regional Manager, and State Manager, Residence in Victoria. In
addition to these appointments Laurie travelled extensively overseas
during the last eight years of his Department of Immigration career,
training airline, embassy and other staff in Australia’s visa
systems. Laurie’s varied background and specific technical expertise
in visa systems and control has further broadened the company’s
ability to meet client outcome requirements.
Contact:
laurie.duncan@hwims.com.au |
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Lachlan McPhail,
Director,
RMA 9474375, Sydney
Lachlan joined Hamilton Watts in 1993, after working in the field of
social welfare, and is the company's longest serving Migration
Agent. Lachlan has significant experience and knowledge across a
broad spectrum of industry sectors. He is a motivated professional
who successfully manages the migration requirements of a number of
the company's significant clients. Lachlan is one of the company's
experts on change of status and employer sponsored migration.
Lachlan relocated to our Sydney Office in February 2005.
Lachlan was appointed as a Director in December 2007.
Contact:
lachlan.mcphail@hwims.com.au |
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Tony
LeNevez, Manager Operations, Senior Consultant RMA: 0743920, Melbourne
Tony
worked for the Department of Immigration for 23 years before joining
Hamilton Watts in October 2006. He has extensive experience in policy,
program management and personnel development areas in the
Department’s National Office in Canberra. From January 1999 to
February 2002, he worked in the Parliament House Office of the
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Tony's operational
experience includes overseas postings to Bangkok, Athens and Vienna,
and he brings a wide range of migration expertise from Asia, the
Middle East and Western and Eastern Europe.
Tony holds a Graduate Certificate in Migration Law and Practice
from the University of Victoria.
Contact:
tony.lenevez@hwims.com.au
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Graeme South,
Manager, RMA: 9803747, Sydney
Graeme joined Hamilton Watts in January 1999, after returning from a
Government posting as Australian Consul in Vancouver. Graeme had
over 25 years experience in the Australian Department of Immigration
including earlier postings to Edinburgh and Warsaw. He also held
senior management positions in the Residence and Compliance
Divisions of the Department in Sydney. Graeme’s extensive recent
experience and personal commitment to client service further adds to
the company’s ability to effect appropriate and successful outcomes
for our clients.
Contact:
graeme.south@hwims.com.au |
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Brendan James, Senior Consultant RMA: 9681572, Melbourne
Brendan was recruited from the Department of
Immigration’s Head Office in Canberra in 1994, where he was employed
as an IT Professional. He was trained within Hamilton Watts and was
first registered in 1995. Brendan’s experience with the technologies
and systems design methods used within the IT and Communications
industries is of significant valuable to the company’s pool of
expertise.
Contact: brendan.james@hwims.com.au |
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Jacinta Tangey,
Senior Consultant RMA: 9902581,
Melbourne
A La Trobe
University economics graduate, Jacinta joined Hamilton Watts in 1998
and registered as a Migration Agent in July 1999 following internal
training with the company. As well as concentrating on temporary and
permanent business visas for a number of the company's significant
clients, Jacinta has acquired considerable knowledge and experience in
Skilled Migration, Family sponsored Migration and Occupational Trainee
visas, which makes her a valuable asset to the team.
Contact:
jacinta.tangey@hwims.com.au |
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Claire Ritchie,
Senior Consultant, RMA: 9792694, Sydney and Regions
A Monash University graduate, Claire was recruited by Hamilton Watts
in 1996, following three years work experience in Japan involved in
international recruitment and relocation of foreign personnel.
Claire was fully trained within the company and was first registered
as a Migration Agent in 1997. Claire manages a number of substantial
Sydney based clients. Needless to say, her experience working as a
Migration Agent to date, knowledge of relocation issues within the
Asia Pacific region and Japanese language skills are also of
significant value to the company.
Contact:
claire.ritchie@hwims.com.au |
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Amanda
Love,
Senior Consultant
RMA: 0638911, Melbourne
Amanda joined Hamilton Watts in April 2006 after
working in the Department of Immigration for over 13 years. She has
varied experience in a broad range of operational areas within the
Departments regional office in Melbourne and offshore at the
Australian Consulate General, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam and short-term
postings to Malaysia and Indonesia. Amanda offers substantial
experience across the Department's programs in migration, residence and
temporary visa issues.
Contact:
amanda.love@hwims.com.au
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Richard Tan,
Senior Consultant
RMA: 0429043,
Melbourne
Richard is a Monash University graduate. He joined Hamilton Watts in
2002, as Office Manager. Richard was registered as a migration agent
in 2004 and is now a full-time Consultant. He is fluent in several Chinese languages and Malay.
Richard
also brings
significant organisational skills to the company.
Contact:
richard.tan@hwims.com.au
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Francesco
(Frank) Fazzito, Senior Consultant
RMA:
0742956,
Melbourne
Frank joined Hamilton Watts in July 2007. He was first registered as a
migration agent in 1998, following over seventeen years experience in
the Department of Immigration where he worked in a number of areas,
operational and administrative, including overseas postings to Fiji
and Rome. Frank brings a sound knowledge and understanding of the
principles and practicalities of the Department’s permanent and
temporary migration programs and also occupational skills assessment.
Contact:
frank.fazzito@hwims.com.au
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Angela
Parmeter,
Office and Accounts Manager, Melbourne
Angela joined Hamilton Watts in 2006, as Office Manager. Angela came
from a residential lending background, most recently from the banking
sector and has significant experience in office management both here
and in the United States where she lived for 4 years.
Contact:
angela.parmeter@hwims.com.au
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General enquiries
enquiries@hwims.com.au
Accounts enquiries
accounts@hwims.com.au |
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