Valerie Dagama Pereira

Valerie Da Gama Pereira is Principal Lawyer of Da Gama Pereira & Associates P/L. She is an Accredited Immigration Law Specialist

Profile

Member - Migration Advice Industry Advisory Group – Hon. Jason Woods Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs

• Chair - Law Council of Australia - Migration Law
• Head of the firm Da Gama Pereira & Associates P/L·
• Accredited Specialist in Australian Immigration Law (LIV)·
• Foreign Legal Consultant – Registered with the State Bar of California·
• Represent a number of Corporate clients in USA and Australia·
• Represent Individuals in complex Legal Immigration Issues in Australia
  

Education

• Master of Law (Monash University Australia)
• Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law, NSW, Australia)
• Certificate Course in Citizenship and U.S. Immigration Law Emory University School of Law)
• Master of Law (University of Bombay)
• Bachelor of Laws (University of Bombay)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Administrative Management (University of Bombay)
• Bachelor of Arts (Economics and French) (University of Bombay)

Areas of Practice·

• Global Talent Visa
• Employer Nomination - Permanent Visa
• Employer Sponsorship & Nomination – Temporary Visa (482)
• Short Term Work Visa (400)
• Regional Visa (491, 494)
• Skill Select Individual (189, 190)
• Skill Select Business (188, 888)
• Partner Visa· Child Visa
• Complex International Student cases
• Health Issues
• Citizenship
• Ministerial Submissions·
• Merits Review - Administrative Appeal Tribunal·
• Judicial Review - Federal Magistrate Court
• Federal Court of Australia (Appeal)
• High Court of Australia

Highlights of my career

• Voted by peers “Lawyer of the year” 2020 by Best Lawyers for work in Immigration Law
• Voted by peers to the Best Lawyer list for 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
• Successful at the Full Federal Court case (Dhillon - Access to documents) and other court cases at Federal Circuit Court of Australia for migration matters
• Successful at 3 Special Leave application at the High Court of Australia
• Successfully settled 2 judicial application on issue on online lodgement system of visa application at the Federal Circuit Court