Need immigration advice?

Legal Aid NSW can help you

We can assist people who have questions about their immigration status in Australia and can give advice to people who want to sponsor family members to live in Australia. We can also give advice about visa cancellations.

  • your immigration status
  • sponsoring family members to come to Australia
  • your visa cancellation.

For example, we can help you with:

  • Family visas
  • Refugee and humanitarian visas
  • Partner visas including family violence
  • Visitor visas
  • Visas for New Zealand citizens
  • Bridging visas
  • Visa cancellations
  • Australian citizenship
  • Review of Department of Home Affairs decisions
  • If you don’t have a visa

  • Student visas
  • Work or skilled visas
  • Business or investment visas
  • Visas for migration to other countries
  • If you want to stop sponsoring someone

You can make a free and confidential appointment with a lawyer at these Legal Aid NSW offices: 

Central Sydney Legal Aid office
323 Castlereagh Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: 02 9219 5000

Bankstown Legal Aid office
Level 7, Civic Tower
66-72 Rickard Road
Bankstown NSW 2200
Ph: 02 9707 4555

Fairfield Legal Aid office
Level 2, 25 Smart Street
Fairfield NSW 2165
Ph: 02 9727 3777

Accessible Diversity Services Inc
17 Macquarie Road
Auburn NSW 2144
Ph: 02 8737 5500

Blacktown SydWest Multicultural Services
Level 2,125 Main Street
Blacktown NSW 2148
Ph: 02 9621 6633

Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre
108 Moore Street
Liverpool NSW 2170
Ph: 02 8778 1200

We give free legal advice about refugee and family visas.

We are not part of the Department of Home Affairs.

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