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Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston is a Lawyer and Principal with Work Visa Lawyers in Hindmarsh, SA 5007. Chris Johnston has 19 years experience and focuses on Immigration Law.

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About Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston completed a Bachelor of Law with Honours at the University of New England (NSW) in 2005.

He worked in civil litigation in 2005 to 2006. He was part of a legal team in an important, successful precedent setting case in the Supreme Court Trevorrow v State of South Australia (no 5) [2007] SASC 285.

Chris became a Registered Migration Agent in 2006.

Chris worked for two of the largest migration advice businesses in South Australia between 2006 and 2011. During this time he gained extensive experience in the areas of employer sponsored migration, business skills visas, religious workers, partner visas and reviews before the Migration Review Tribunal (MRT).
Chris is a member of the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA). The MIA is the peak professional body for registered migration agents. As a member of the MIA, Chris stays abreast of all migration legislation and policy changes and other issues relevant to the migration advice profession. Chris was elected by his peers to serve as SA State President for the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) and a Director on the National Board of the MIA.

Practice areas include:
• Employer Sponsored Migration - 182, RSMS and ENS.
• GSM Skillselect visas including subclass Skilled Independent 189, Skilled Nominated 190 and Skilled Nominated or Sponsored Provisional 489
• Business Innovation and Investment including Significant Investor Visa
• Family Migration including Partner applications
• AAT and Judicial Review
• Australian Citizenship

In 2011 Chris founded Work Visa Lawyers, continuing on his practice focus on the area of work visas and business visas. Based in Adelaide South Australia, Immigration Lawyer Chris Johnston provides migration advice to people and businesses from all over the world.
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Areas of Law
Languages Spoken
English
Year First Admitted
2005 (19 years experience)

Verified Client Reviews for Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston has received 80 verified client reviews with an average 4.91 star rating.

Mariana, 17 February 2024

We went through all my questions and he gave me some useful advices. He was very consistent.

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Gloria, 8 February 2024

Best lawyer trustworthy

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Shogo, 24 January 2024

I used to hired a lawyer but he only answered what I asked for…never gave me any extra informations, but Chris gave me clear advice and more options that I needed thanks.

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Colin, 18 January 2024

Great help . Will definitely seek further assistance as required

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Julie, 17 January 2024

Fantastic discussion with Chris yesterday, who transparently discussed the best options I have and offered me some great advice on the next steps. I found the discussion very client-focussed, objective, detail-oriented and extremely helpful

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Raul, 12 January 2024

Excellent service, Chris knows what he does, and I will trust him for my visa application when the time to apply comes. He was around five minutes late to our appointment and had a problem with his internet connection, but he gave me more time to compensate for these unexpected flows.

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Stuart, 12 January 2024

Our Meeting with Chris Johnston achieved our main objective and we were pleased with the information given to plus the hospitality given to us both .

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Arishbeer Singh, 27 December 2023

Chris has been very cooperative and helpful to explain thoroughly the different pathways for Australia immigration.

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Daniel, 15 December 2023

Thank you for your kind caring and professional help.

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Luis, 9 December 2023

It was amazing experience and helpful.

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Verified Full Name
Mr Christopher Johnston
Legal Professional Status
Lawyer
Jurisdiction
SA, AU
Admission/Licence Date
5 December 2005
Source
Law Society of South Australia
MARN
0640686
MARA Source
Last Verified
16 June 2019