DV and Visas: understanding my client's safety and legal needs

Are you a community worker? Has your client's partner threatened to cancel their visa?

Register for our free webinar today to know how to help your client with their safety and legal needs.

This webinar is designed for community workers primarily within the South West Sydney region who provide support for individuals experiencing or at risk of domestic and family violence and who are currently in Australia on a partner visa. These clients are particularly vulnerable, as their abusive partners often threaten to "cancel" their visas if any abuse is reported to the police. The fear of being deported, left destitute, subjected to greater abuse or separated from children leaves these individuals feeling helpless and unable to escape the abusive relationship.

In these cases, it is imperative that community workers are able to consider a situation not just from one perspective but that they understand the delicate balance between the client's different needs.

In this webinar, we will focus on a case study involving a woman with a history of domestic violence and also with young children. We will identify the client's different needs, particularly her safety and visa needs. We will also look at the intersection with family law.

Through this webinar, community workers will be given a clear framework for understanding their client's needs. They will also gain confidence in developing strong referral pathways with services that can assist with these needs.

We will have guest presenters from the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC) and Legal Aid NSW to discuss visa issues.

Webinar dates

The webinar will not be recorded. However, the same webinar will be presented live on two different dates:

1. Monday 2 November 10am-11:30am (guest presenter from IARC) ; and
2. Monday 16 November 11am-12:30pm (guest presenter from Legal Aid NSW)

You only need to attend ONE of the above dates. Limited spaces available.

NOTE: SESSION 1 (MON, 2 NOV 2020) IS NOW AT FULL CAPACITY.

About our presenters:

Presenting this webinar will be Sun-Jae An with guest presenters Greg Rohan and Katie Wrigley.

Sun-Jae is the Assistant Principal Solicitor at South West Sydney Legal Centre with supervision of the criminal and family practice. Sun-Jae commenced her legal career as a prosecution lawyer 19 years ago. She also began practising family law in 2012.

Greg Rohan is the Director of IARC. He is also a Solicitor and Registered Migration Agent and has worked at IARC since April 2018. Prior to his current role, Greg was working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Canberra.

Katie Wrigley is a Senior Solicitor for Legal Aid NSW and she oversees its migration law practice. Katie has 20 years' experience working in the not-for-profit legal sector, including as the Principal Solicitor for the Refugee Advice & Casework Service.

The webinars will be presented via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent via email to each registrant prior to the scheduled webinar.

Each attendee will also receive a copy of our presentation and a certificate of attendance after the webinar.

Please contact jacqueline@swslc.org.au for any questions regarding these webinars.