What to include when you ask about your 858 visa
Prepare your role (applicant or nominator), your area and field of achievement, your current stage, and any invitation or refusal-notice date. Note your location and current visa. The Migration Regulations 1994 list achievement in a profession, a sport, the arts, or academia and research, and onshore application restrictions may apply.
Home Affairs says information and documents cannot be added to an EOI after submission. If you need individual advice now, contact an Australian legal practitioner or other person lawfully permitted to give immigration assistance directly.
Where your 858 enquiry goes
A submitted question is addressed only to Australian Migration Lawyers. Cloudflare stores a site copy and send status, purging the site copy within 180 days; a reference appears only after the mail binding accepts the send and its status is recorded. Do not treat a reference as a promise of a reply. The site is an information guide and is not Home Affairs.
Home Affairs’ Who can help with your visa application page explains who may assist. Read where an Australian migration lawyer helps with your 858 for the types of review a practitioner may provide.
Enquiries from 858 nominators
An 858 visa nominator may need advice about their status, national reputation, Form 1000 declarations and supporting documents. The Migration Regulations 1994 require a qualifying nominator with a national reputation in the relevant area. A nominator can use the enquiry form for a question; it does not submit Form 1000 or act as a government lodgement.
Under section 280 of the Migration Act 1958, a nominator can help the applicant without registration but must not charge for that immigration assistance. Form 1000 also requires that no fee be paid for the nomination. An organisation’s signatory needs authority to represent it.
What happens after you send an 858 enquiry
Submitting the enquiry does not create a lawyer-client relationship, a consultation booking or an obligation to pay. The form shows a reference only after Cloudflare accepts the email send and records its status; a failed send displays an error and, if the question was saved, its reference.
Does sending an enquiry cost anything or commit me to anything?
Sending a question through this form does not itself have a charge. The cost of any consultation and engagement terms are not confirmed by this site; ask the practitioner directly before agreeing to services.
Can a nominator use this form?
Yes. The nominator guide explains Form 1000 and the eligible nominator types; the form does not submit the nomination.
Can the lawyer guarantee an invitation?
No. Home Affairs says no one can guarantee a visa or outcome, and an EOI does not guarantee an invitation.
Your 858 enquiry and your privacy
The active form stores a Cloudflare site copy and sends the question to the Australian Migration Lawyers address through a recipient-restricted binding. Cloudflare purges its site copy within 180 days. A status reference confirms acceptance and recording, not when a person will reply. Site-copy privacy and page-correction requests go to support@webassetbuilders.com. Read the privacy and terms of use for 858visa.com.au. For the pathway itself, start with the 858 visa.