Accredited Specialists in Immigration Law

There are 115 Accredited Specialists in Immigration Law in Australia. We list the 109 who can accept instructions from members of the public. The other 6 hold the accreditation but work for government departments, a tribunal, a court or a professional body, and cannot act for visa applicants.

The list is compiled from the four registers that operate the accreditation — the Law Institute of Victoria (53 listed), the Law Society of NSW (49 listed), the Queensland Law Society (5 listed), the Law Society of South Australia (2 listed) — checked on 3 July 2026 and 4 July 2026. Each profile shows its source register and the date it was checked. Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the ACT do not run immigration-law specialist accreditation schemes, so practitioners based there hold their accreditation through NSW or Victoria and are included here.

What the accreditation means

Accredited Specialist status is a peer-assessed credential awarded by state law societies to practising lawyers who demonstrate advanced competence in immigration law through examination and peer review. It is held by a small fraction of Australia's legal profession, and it is distinct from registration as a migration agent with OMARA: everyone on this page is an Australian legal practitioner who can also act in court and tribunal proceedings, which makes them the usual choice for visa refusals, cancellations and Administrative Review Tribunal (ART, formerly the AAT) appeals.

All four accrediting registers are included, as at the dates shown on each profile. For lawyers who practise immigration law without the specialist accreditation, see all immigration lawyers; for straightforward applications, a registered migration agent is often the more economical option.