Valerie Da Gama Pereira is Principal Lawyer of Da Gama Pereira & Associates P/L. She is an Accredited Immigration Law Specialist and a Registered Migration Agent since 1992. Valerie has been involved in a number of court cases in matters against the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Now Home Affairs).
Her recent success with Counsel Georgina Costello on cases involving s362A has been noteworthy;
- Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Dhillon (2014) 227 FCR 525; [2014] FCAFC 157;
- Sandhu v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 236 FCR 63;
- Sapkota & Ors v Minister for Immigration & Anor [2016] FCCA 2837.
- Harvinder Singh Josan v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Ano - MLG1291/2014
In September 2017, she was successful on 3 Special Leave applications at the High Court of Australia ·
- Chetan Shrehsta v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Now Minister of Home Affairs) M68/2017 ·
- Bimal Ghimire v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Now Minister of Home Affairs) M69/2017 ·
- Shiva Acharya v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Now Minister of Home Affairs) M70/2017
Valerie has always been enthusiastic about providing complex and timely advice to young International students who have had their visa cancelled Valerie is a member of the Law Council of Australia’s Migration Law Committee Steering, Member of Administrative Law and Human Rights Committee, of the Migration Law Committee, Law Institute of Victoria, Member of Accredited Specialisation (Immigration law) Education. Valerie is as a Foreign Legal Consultant with the State Bar of California she advises in the U.S that look to expand their markets in Australia.
