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SIDEKICKS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE IN THEIR LIFE. WHETHER IT’S A SUPERHERO SIDEKICK, YOUR VERY BEST WINGMAN, YOUR TRUSTIEST POWER-TOOL, FAVOURITE LIPPIE OR YOUR DOGGO, YOUR SIDEKICKS PITCH IN TO MAKE YOUR LIFE THAT LITTLE BIT BETTER. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR VISA APPLICATION, SAY HELLO TO YOUR VISA SIDEKICK.

Immigration to Australia is harder than ever before. It is becoming increasingly complex, confusing and expensive. Application fees aren't refundable so if you stuff something up it can cost a fortune. Then again, hiring a migration agent or lawyer to take on the process for you can cost you a fortune as well - and how are you to know if you have hired a good one or a total dud?! Is there even a difference between agents and lawyers?? (Spoiler: There is. We wrote a blog post about it)

The visa application process can be stressful and often you probably just have a couple of questions or want to double check if your evidence is sufficient, but don't want to be paying upwards of $5000 in professional fees when you have to do all the hard work of obtaining the documents and information yourself anyway.

Until now, immigration assistance has been very traditional and rigid - you either pay the premium and get ‘full-service’ assistance, or you get no assistance at all. There wasn’t anything in between.

This was where our founder, Chloe, came up with the idea of Visa Sidekick. Working in migration, Chloe come across many applicants who wanted help that was somewhere in between the traditional options but other firms’ policies restricted this.

Even with the full-service options, the asssitance was often dated in terms of the technology migration firms utilised to provide their services, which adversely impacted the client expereince, meaning those who did pay the premium couldn’t enjoy the process.

In creating Visa Sidekick, Chloe aimed to change the migration assistance game and bring it into the 21st century. We strive to provide unique assistance options while continually developing innovative solutions and services to assist visa applicants in their immigration journey.

We don’t want to be the hero. We simply want to assist visa applicants, with what they need assistance with.

One of our most popular innovative services is the DIY Applicant Audit for partner visa applicants. Prepare your application yourself, and just before you lodge it have a migration lawyer review it and double check it. All the most valuable information and advice of a full-service assistance option, but for a fraction of the cost, bundled into a customised, easy to read report, that you can use to tweak and improve your application before hitting that submit button. You will retain full control of your application, and not be paying for services you don’t need. Plus you can schedule and access the whole service online 24/7 - so you don’t need to be taking time off work to work around office hours in order to get assistance.

This service is designed for those who want to lodge themselves and have fairly straightforward circumstances. Ready to apply? Find out more about DIY Application Audits for partner visa applications and other application types.

For those with complex circumstances; who worry a lot; or want to hand over majority of the mental load, full service options may be more suited to you. We love working with clients from start to finish on their applications too. Our full service assistance options are comprehensive, efficient and judgement free. We develop a relationship with our clients as having that connections makes it easy to go the extra mile - we are like your best mate, but just happen to be really good at visas.