Khilendra Timsina: registration barred by OMARA on 2 Jun 2020

What the Authority decided

On 02 June 2020, the Authority decided to bar the former migration agent Mr Khilendra Raj Timsina (MARN: 1281118) from being registered for a period of five (5) years. This follows the Authority’s investigation into one (1) complaint in relation to the Former Agent’s conduct while registered. The Authority was satisfied that the Former Agent demonstrated a blatant disregard for the law and adverse behaviour which extended to unlawful conduct involving fraud. Namely, the Former Agent submitted fraudulent documentation to satisfy Expression of Interest applications for State Sponsored and Skilled Visas for his clients.

The Former Agent provided inconsistent responses and claims to the allegations. His responses to the Authority’s notice pursuant to section 311D of the Act did not support his earlier statements made in response to the notice pursuant to section 308 of the Act and in fact they were contradictory. The Former Agent’s submission to the section 311D notice was not supported by evidence and was contradicted by evidence from both the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) and the complainant.

The Former Agent failed to show any remorse, or to accept responsibility for his conduct and the consequences for his former clients in his failure to deliver the professional service for which he had been paid and retained. Further the Former Agent has apportioned blame for his conduct onto third parties – such as his former clients, the Department and the Authority.

The Authority was also satisfied that the Former Agent while registered breached clauses 2.1, 2.4, 2.9, 2.23 and 5.2 of the Code of Conduct for Registered Migration Agents. An abridged version of the Authority’s decision can be accessed below. Personal details have been removed in the interests of protecting the privacy of the persons involved.

সাবেক এজেন্ট barring decision-এর পর্যালোচনার জন্য Administrative Appeals Tribunal-এ আপিল করেছেন।

On 6 June 2023 the Tribunal ordered that Mr Timsina be barred for a period of 3 years beginning from 02 June 2020. Mr Timsina breached clauses 2.1, 2.4, 2.9 and 2.23 of the Migration Agents Code of Conduct, contained in Schedule 2 to the Migration Agents Regulations 1998(cth) as in force prior to 1 March 2022. Mr Timsina-এর নিষেধাজ্ঞার মেয়াদ শেষ হয়েছে।

উপরের সিদ্ধান্তের সারাংশটি পুনরুত্পাদিত হয়েছে Authority-এর প্রকাশিত রেকর্ড of this decision, which also carries the decision document itself. Nothing has been added to it.

What a bar means if this was your agent

A bar is made under section 311A of the Migration Act and applies to a সাবেক registered agent — এমন একজন যার নিবন্ধন আগেই শেষ হয়ে গিয়েছিল, তাই বাতিল করার মতো আর কিছুই বাকি ছিল না। Authority তাদের সর্বোচ্চ পাঁচ বছর পর্যন্ত আবার নিবন্ধিত হতে বাধা দিতে পারে।

If this person was acting for you, they were not a registered migration agent at the time of the decision. আপনার নামে আসলে কী জমা দেওয়া হয়েছে তা যাচাই করুন।

এটি যদি আপনার এজেন্ট হয়ে থাকে: প্রথম সপ্তাহ

1. Find out where your application actually is. If you have an ImmiAccount, log in. The clock does not stop because your representation did.
2. Department কাকে লিখছে তা যাচাই করুন। A Form 956 makes an agent the authorised recipient, and correspondence sent to them is taken to have been given to you. A deadline sent to an inbox nobody reads is still a deadline.
3. আপনার ফাইল সংগ্রহ করুন। আপনার নথি আপনারই এবং Code অনুযায়ী সেগুলো ফেরত দিতে হবে — originalগুলো আগে। How to get your file back.
4. কী পরিশোধ করা হয়েছে এবং কী করা হয়েছে তা বের করুন। Code অনুযায়ী যে itemised invoice এবং receipt দরকার, সেগুলো চাইুন। টাকা ফেরত পাওয়ার পথগুলো work better started early.
5. অভিযোগ করার মতো কিছু থাকলে, অভিযোগ করুন। A published decision does not close your own file. কোথায় অভিযোগ করবেন, এবং OMARA কী করতে পারে এবং কী করতে পারে না.
6. Only then, find someone else. A new agent needs the file and the dates. The first five steps are what make that first conversation useful instead of exploratory.

What this decision does not mean

It is a decision about one individual on one date. Only a person can be a registered migration agent — a company cannot — so it says nothing about anyone else at the same practice. Decisions of this kind are reviewable, and bars and suspensions expire. The register এখানেই বর্তমান অবস্থানটি থাকে।

Decision information sourced from the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority এবং একটি-এর অধীনে ব্যবহৃত Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence. VisaBid is not affiliated with OMARA or the Department of Home Affairs.