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National law firm launches new visa initiative
A new visa platform has been launched in the legal profession that can help simplify the Australian visa process.
Tony Zhang
Launched by Hall & Wilcox, the new innovative portal makes the visa application process easier, more efficient and transparent.
Hall & Wilcox’s head of migration Kristopher Kunasingam said: “The Work Visa Platform is a unique offering we provide to our clients.”
“We developed this platform as a solution to a common problem faced by our clients, which is tracking the visa status of their workforce.
“It’s a digital solution that lets multiple parties easily submit data. It’s cost-effective, easy to use and provides real-time status updates.”
The platform allows multiparty users to input and save information as they receive it which makes the data collection process for applicants easier and reduces delays. For the clients, it also features real-time status updates, shared editing capability, downloadable reports, online instruction options and secure document storage.
The new Work Visa Platform is part of the firm’s broader managed migration service, and is aimed at both companies and individuals.
New visa platforms have become a major project recently, with The Department of Home Affairs having spent at least $80 million to date searching for an external provider to build and operate the Australian government’s new billion-dollar visa processing platform.
The new technology in which the law plays a big part in shaping the platform becomes more important especially for companies in diverse industries sponsoring workers globally.
“When you are a company sponsoring 20 or 30 people, it can be hard to have an overview of the individual status of workers. This helps our clients have better visibility over their workforce even beyond the grant of the initial visas,” Mr Kunasigam said.
Mr Kunasingam said the portal would assist any company or industry that has a large sponsored workforce. It will be particularly relevant for companies in the IT, healthcare, education and construction industries.
Director of client solutions Peter Campbell said the portal was a great example of the firm’s Smarter Law client solutions approach in action.
“It’s not all about the technology,” Mr Campbell said. “Our legal services platform approach uses a combination of technology, legal expertise, process design and a culture where we genuinely embrace continuous improvement.”
“In this case, we’ve deeply analysed the process and worked with early adopter clients to refine it. We believe the future of legal services is around co-designing the experience with our clients, delivering easy-to-use solutions that add more value at a competitive price point.”
