Katie Malyon's Story
Katie Malyon has been a registered migration agent for over 16 years and is recognised as one of the leading immigration law practitioners in Australia. The only Australian immigration lawyer personally referred to in the Asia Pacific 500 and also referred to in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Law, Katie is "highly recommended" by her clients.

She has been named by the Australian Financial Review as one of the Best Lawyers - Immigration 2010 - 2011 in Australia. Her firm, Katie Malyon & Associates, was joint winner of the ACQ Law Awards 2009 for Corporate Immigration Law Firm of the Year - Australia and the winner in 2010 and 2011. Most recently, Katie Malyon & Associates was recognised in the Business Review Weekly's BRW Fast Starters 2010 and was shortlisted as NSW Woman Lawyer of the Year 2011.

A member of the Global Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, Katie provides advice on:

• short term business travel including APEC business travel cards
• employment related visas
• management of employer sponsorship obligations
• government audits and immigration compliance related audits using our immiTRAC™ services
• all aspects of business, investor and skilled migration
• family, student and retirement visas
• reviews to the Migration Review Tribunal
• discretionary Australian citizenship applications
• appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on character issues, visa cancellations and Australian citizenship decisions

Katie is admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW and is Migration Agent Registered Number 9580358. She is also:

• current representative on the Department to Immigration and Citizenship's NSW Client Reference Group Associate Fellow of the Migration Institute of Australia
• Associate Fellow and Director of the Migration Institute of Australia
• an Executive Member of the Law Council of Australia's Nationality and Residence Committee
• a member of the NSW Law Society's Human Rights Law Committee
• admitted as a Solicitor and Barrister of the High Court of New Zealand
• a Notary Public.

Prior to opening her own boutique immigration law firm, Katie was a Partner with employment law firm Australian Business Lawyers heading up the Business and Skilled Migration Practice Group. Formerly, she was with national law firm Clayton Utz for 15 years.

Katie regularly writes articles and presents seminars and workshops on immigration - for clients and the profession - both in Australia and overseas.