Surinder Mahindroo: registration cancelled by OMARA on 6 Oct 2016

Ano ang napagpasyahan ng Awtoridad

On 6 October 2016, the Authority decided to cancel the Agent’s registration as a migration agent. The decision was made following a decision by the Supreme Court of Tasmania to remove the Agent’s name from the Roll of Legal Practitioners in Tasmania on the ground of professional misconduct. The Supreme Court of Tasmania found that the Agent, inter alia: -Breached her fiduciary duty on a number of occasions; -Failed to seek instructions, adequately advise and act in the best interests of the client; -Was knowingly in a position of conflict of interest while acting for her client; -Grossly overcharged her client;- Delayed a response to, and obstructed reasonable requests from, the Public Trustee and failed to fully account to the Public Trustee with regard to the financial matters of her client; -Knowingly misled the Guardianship and Administration Board of Tasmania (GAB) regarding the financial affairs of her client; -Attempted to mislead the Legal Practitioner’s Board of Tasmania (LPBT) during its investigations by making a false statutory declaration and producing files notes to the LPBT that purported to be contemporaneous file notes but were not; -Charged her client for costs and disbursements in respect of two visa applications that were gross and excessive amounts for the work done, particularly in light of the fact that the Agent knew, or should have known, that the second visa application had no prospect of success; -Failed to handle trust money in an appropriate manner; -Made threats against her client; -Disclosed and/or instigated the disclosure of confidential medical information about her client, without consent, to her client’s employer, in an attempt to damage her client’s future employment prospects; -Attempted to mislead the LPBT in the course of its investigations by presenting fabricated documentation in order to create the impression that the Agent had complied with her obligations to her client; -Attempted to mislead the Court that her firm was closed and not operating during a period when in fact this firm was open and operating in an attempt to resist an order being granted that she be suspended from practice. Based on the findings and decision of the Supreme Court, the Authority was satisfied that the Agent was not a person of integrity and was otherwise not fit and proper to give immigration assistance. Taking into account the seriousness of the Agent’s conduct, and in the interests of consumer protection, the Authority considered that a cancellation decision was appropriate in the circumstances. An abridged version of the decision can be accessed below. Personal details have been removed in the interests of protecting the privacy of persons involved.

Ang buod ng desisyon sa itaas ay kinopya mula sa inilathalang tala ng Awtoridad ng desisyong ito, na naglalaman din ng mismong dokumento ng desisyon. Walang idinagdag dito.

Ano ang ibig sabihin ng pagkansela kung ito ang iyong agent

Inalis ang rehistrasyon. Tinatanggal ang pangalan ng agent sa Register of Migration Agents at hindi sila maaaring magbigay ng immigration assistance. Ang pagkansela ay karaniwang may kasamang panahon kung kailan ang tao ay hindi maaaring mairehistro muli.

Walang kumikilos sa iyong usapin sa ngayon. Ituring ito bilang apurahan, at magsimula sa kung kanino sumusulat ang Department.

Kung ito ang iyong ahente: ang unang linggo

1. Alamin kung nasaan talaga ang iyong aplikasyon. Kung mayroon kang ImmiAccount, mag-log in. Ang oras ay hindi tumitigil dahil tumigil ang iyong representasyon.
2. Tingnan kung kanino sumusulat ang Department. A Form 956 ginagawang awtorisadong tatanggap ang isang ahente, at ang korespondensiyang ipinadala sa kanila ay itinuturing na naibigay na sa iyo. Ang deadline na ipinadala sa isang inbox na walang nagbabasa ay deadline pa rin.
3. Kunin ang iyong file. Ang iyong mga dokumento ay sa iyo, at hinihingi ng Code na maibalik ang mga ito — mga orihinal muna. Paano maibabalik ang iyong file.
4. Alamin kung ano ang nabayaran at kung ano ang nagawa. Hingin ang itemised na mga invoice at resibo na hinihingi ng Code. Mga paraan para mabawi ang pera mas mabuti kung mas maagang nasimulan.
5. Magreklamo, kung may dapat ireklamo. Ang isang nailathalang desisyon ay hindi nagsasara ng sarili mong file. Saan magrereklamo, at kung ano ang kaya at hindi kayang gawin ng OMARA (Awtoridad sa Rehistrasyon ng mga Ahente sa Migrasyon).
6. Pagkatapos lang niyan, humanap ng iba. Kailangan ng bagong ahente ang file at ang mga petsa. Ang unang limang hakbang ang dahilan kung bakit nagiging kapaki-pakinabang ang unang usapang iyon sa halip na panggalugad lang.

Ano ang hindi ibig sabihin ng desisyong ito

Ito ay isang desisyon tungkol sa isang indibidwal sa isang petsa. Tao lamang ang maaaring maging rehistradong ahente sa migrasyon — hindi kumpanya — kaya wala itong sinasabi tungkol sa sinumang iba pa sa parehong practice. Ang mga desisyong ganito ay maaaring marepaso, at ang mga pagbabawal at suspensyon ay nagtatapos. Ang rehistro ang kinaroroonan ng kasalukuyang kalagayan.

Impormasyon tungkol sa desisyon na kinuha mula sa Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority at ginamit sa ilalim ng lisensyang Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia . Ang VisaBid ay hindi kaanib ng OMARA o ng Department of Home Affairs.