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Since establishment in 1990, Hamilton Watts Migration Services has developed to be one of Australia’s leading visa consultancies, and one of the very few such consultancies to specialise in the provision of immigration services, nation-wide, to the corporate sector.
Hamilton Watts has offices located in both Melbourne and Sydney, however we represent clients throughout Australia and offshore. 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 close to 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 Kingdom, North America and New Zealand. |
Melbourne
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Laurie Duncan jp, Managing Director, RMA: 9794834
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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Tony Le Nevez, Manager Operations, Senior Consultant, RMA: 0743920
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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Jacinta Tangey, Senior Consultant / Finance Manager, RMA: 9902581
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. Jacinta’s knowledge of Migration legislation is such that she now successfully manages some of the company’s largest clients. She has gained a broad range of experience across most temporary and permanent visa programs including Temporary Business Long Stay (457), Occupational Trainee, Employer Nomination Scheme, General Skilled Migration and Family Migration. Jacinta’s skill lies in effectively managing communication between the client, visa applicant and the Department to ensure the best possible outcome.
Jacinta has recently been appointed to the role of Finance Manager in recognition of her superior administration skills and professionalism.
Contact:
jacinta.tangey@hwims.com.au |
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Brendan James, Senior Consultant, RMA: 9681572
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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Amanda
Love,
Senior Consultant, RMA: 0638911
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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Robert Moorhouse, Consultant, RMA: 0854648
Robert is the newest member of the Hamilton Watts team in Melbourne, joining Hamilton Watts in September 2008. Immediately prior to joining Hamilton Watts, Robert worked as a Senior Case officer in the Business Centre of the Department of Immigration’s ACT & Regions Office. This role involved the processing of Business and Employer-Sponsored visa applications. Prior to this, Robert accrued a number of years experience in the migration industry through employment with another major migration consulting firm. Robert brings valuable expertise in the fields of Business and Employer-Sponsored visas and is the holder of a Graduate Certificate in Migration Law and Practice from the University of Victoria.
Contact:
robert.moorhouse@hwims.com.au |
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Angela
Parmeter,
Office and Accounts Manager
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 |
Sydney
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Lachlan McPhail,
Manager Sydney / Director, RMA: 9474375
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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Caroline Huet, Senior Consultant, RMA: 0850819
Caroline joined Hamilton Watts in mid 2008 as a Senior Consultant. Caroline has extensive experience in government, initially in the Bureau of Statistics and later in the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) where she worked for 8 years in a variety of operational areas.
Immediately before joining Hamilton Watts, Caroline held a number of management positions in the DIAC Business Centre, NSW and brings with her wealth of knowledge in the temporary and permanent residence programmes.
Caroline holds a Bachelor of Arts (Computing and Statistics) degree from Macquarie University and a Graduate Certificate in Migration Law and Practice from the Australian National University. She is fluent in French.
Contact:
caroline.huet@hwims.com.au |
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Claire Ritchie,
Senior Consultant, RMA: 9792694
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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