MARA-Registered Migration Agents in Adelaide, SA

Consultation fees by visa type

• Partner visa$238 (Australia)
• Skilled visa (189, 190, 491)$250 (Australia)
• Employer-sponsored visa$250 (Australia)
• Student or graduate visa$228 (Australia)
• Visitor or working holiday visa$200 (Australia)
• Refusal, cancellation or appeal$200 (Australia)
• Citizenship$200 (Australia)
• Business or investor visa$250 (Australia)
• Not sure which visa yet$245 (Australia)

The median of each agent's usual first-consultation quote for that visa type, from quotes on real briefs in the twelve months to 2026-11-01. A place in brackets means fewer than five Adelaide agents have quoted that type, so the wider figure is shown. Agents set their own fees.

What a first consultation costs in Adelaide

The median consultation fee quoted to applicants across Australia is $220. Half of all quotes fall between $150 and $280. Each agent's typical quote counts once, so one very active agent cannot move the figure.

That is the price of a first paid conversation — usually 30 to 60 minutes reviewing your situation, with the pathway, costs and timeline in writing afterwards. A full application engagement is priced separately by the agent and commonly runs from roughly $2,500 for a straightforward student or visitor matter to $4,000–$8,000 for a partner visa file.

Too few Adelaide agents have quoted through Migratio for a local figure, so these are the national numbers: 1,117 quotes from 61 agents, quoted on real applicant briefs in the twelve months to 2026-11-01. Every quote is written by the agent for a specific applicant; Migratio does not set or suggest fees.

Who practises in Adelaide

• 206 MARA-registered agents list a Adelaide address on the OMARA register.
• The median agent first registered in 2017 — about 9 years ago.
• 17 have been registered 20 years or longer; 74 registered within the last five.
• Most commonly published practice areas: Student Visa (38), Skilled Visa (24), Family & Parent Visa (19), Visa Refusal & Appeal (17), Partner Visa (15).
• Languages named in agents' own profiles: Mandarin (2), Portuguese (1), Cantonese (1), Spanish (1), German (1), Tagalog (1).

Compiled from the public OMARA register and agents' own published practice details, refreshed with our agent data. Registration year is derived from the MARN prefix. Practice areas and languages are self-published, not verified by Migratio.

Longest-registered migration agents in Adelaide

Registration year is derived from each agent's MARN — the first two digits encode the year they first registered with OMARA. Longer registration means more years practising under the regulator's Code of Conduct, though the right specialisation matters more than tenure alone.

1. Libby Anne Hogarth — registered since 1993 (33+ years, MARN 9364758)
2. Douglas Blaine Gordon — registered since 1995 (31+ years, MARN 9576289)
3. Lawrence Trieu — registered since 1999 (27+ years, MARN 9901113)
4. Ireneusz Jozef Lasocki — registered since 2001 (25+ years, MARN 0102034)
5. Mark Jason Glazbrook — registered since 2001 (25+ years, MARN 0100185)
6. Sandra Shui-Chau Fan — registered since 2001 (25+ years, MARN 0108147)
7. Yu Chen Jenny Tan — registered since 2002 (24+ years, MARN 0214308)
8. Simon David Mander — registered since 2003 (23+ years, MARN 0318058)
9. Juan Tobella Archs — registered since 2003 (23+ years, MARN 0322590)
10. Timothy Keffard Haines — registered since 2003 (23+ years, MARN 0301422)

Adelaide agents by visa type

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Migration agents by suburb in Adelaide

Every Adelaide suburb with its own page, and how many MARA-registered agents list an address there. Most consultations run by video or phone, so a suburb matters only if you want to meet in person.

• Hindmarsh (4)
• Lightsview (4)
• Salisbury (4)
• Adelaide Bc (3)
• Blakeview (3)
• Dernancourt (3)
• Ingle Farm (3)
• Ottoway (3)
• Riverlea Park (3)
• Rostrevor (3)

Is Adelaide a regional area for visas?

Adelaide is Category 2: South Australia's Category 2 list in LIN 22/022 is 5000 to 5171, 5173, 5174, 5231 to 5235, 5240 to 5252, 5351 and 5950 to 5960, and every other SA postcode is Category 3. A few postal areas the ABS places in Greater Adelaide fall in Category 3, including 5172 and 5201.

Adelaide is a Category 2 area for the second Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa: a graduate of an Adelaide campus who has lived only in designated regional areas for at least 2 years can be considered for 1 extra year. Moving to a Category 3 postcode doesn't lift that to 2, because Home Affairs assesses people who moved between categories for the shorter visa.

Every South Australian postcode is on the Regional Australia list for working holiday makers, so farm and construction work in Adelaide can count towards a second or third 417 or 462 visa, as can mining, fishing and tree-farming work on a 417. Tourism and hospitality work in Adelaide doesn't count: that category applies only in Northern Australia, Remote and Very Remote Australia and four listed postcodes.

Two South Australian DAMAs apply in Adelaide: the Adelaide City agreement, for the Adelaide metropolitan region in the defence, space, advanced manufacturing and technology industries, and the South Australian Regional Workforce Agreement, which covers the whole state. On 21 September 2026 South Australia announced that both had been extended until 31 January 2027 while a new five-year statewide DAMA is negotiated. Read our Adelaide City DAMA guide →

These facts describe the rules, not whether you qualify. Every postcode and both categories are on our guide to regional areas for migration. Sources: Migration (Designated regional areas for certain skilled and temporary graduate visas) Instrument (LIN 22/022) 2022, F2022L00231 (in force); Department of Home Affairs: Designated regional areas (page updated 28 February 2025); Department of Home Affairs: Designated regional area postcodes (page updated 23 September 2024); Department of Home Affairs: Temporary Graduate visa, Second Post-Higher Education Work stream (page updated 13 October 2026); Department of Home Affairs: Specified work, Working Holiday visa (subclass 417) (page updated 12 October 2026); Department of Home Affairs: Specified work, Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) (page updated 12 October 2026); Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 417 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/012) 2022, compilation 3 (from 5 April 2025); Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 462 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/013) 2022, compilation 3 (from 5 April 2025); Department of Home Affairs: Designated area migration agreements (page updated 7 October 2026); Skilled and Business Migration, South Australia: Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) for employers; Skilled and Business Migration, South Australia: Extension for Designated Area Migration Agreements (21 September 2026); Skilled and Business Migration, South Australia: Employer and DAMA FAQs; Skilled and Business Migration, South Australia: DAMA occupation list; Australian Bureau of Statistics: ASGS Edition 3 allocation files (mesh blocks to postal areas, suburbs and localities, and Greater Capital City areas, 2021).

State nomination in South Australia

South Australia nominates through its Move to South Australia service, using a Registration of Interest for onshore applicants and a SkillSelect Expression of Interest for offshore applicants. Applicants must meet both the Department of Home Affairs' visa criteria and SA's own nomination requirements, which vary by stream and applicant type — general skilled, SA graduate, or outer regional SA each carry their own conditions. SA maintains its own Skilled Occupation List, and not every listed occupation is open to both subclasses: the subclass 491 is available across the list while the subclass 190 covers only a subset of it.

Nominates for: 190, 491

What Skilled & Business Migration, South Australian Department of State Development asks for:

• a nominated occupation on the South Australian Skilled Occupation List
• a valid skills assessment and, for some occupations, additional work-experience or English requirements set for that occupation
• a commitment to live and work in South Australia for at least 2 years after the visa is granted
• for onshore applicants, a Registration of Interest through the Skilled & Business Migration portal; for offshore applicants, an Expression of Interest in SkillSelect naming South Australia
• meeting the additional criteria specific to the applicant's nomination stream (general skilled, SA graduate, or outer regional SA)

The whole of South Australia, including Adelaide, is a designated regional area for subclass 491 purposes — Adelaide carries Category 2 regional status rather than being excluded the way Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are. This is a federal migration designation, not an SA state policy choice.

Programme details as at 2026-08-19, from Skilled & Business Migration, South Australian Department of State Development. Nomination criteria and occupation lists change frequently — confirm the current position on the official site before relying on it. Whether a particular situation fits a nomination pathway is a question for a MARA-registered agent.

Where to get help in Adelaide

The agents on this page are private practitioners who charge for their time. If you cannot afford one, or your matter is a protection or refugee claim, these Adelaide services give free or low-cost help. Each sets its own eligibility.

• Refugee Legal SA (Refugee legal service) — Gives legal help to people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants in South Australia, including on protection visa applications, ministerial intervention, family reunion and moving from temporary to permanent visas. Free legal help for people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants across South Australia.
• Legal Services Commission of South Australia (Legal Aid, 159 Gawler Place, Adelaide) — Gives free legal advice on protection visas, visa refusals or cancellations on character grounds, family visa options for recent humanitarian arrivals and citizenship, and helps onshore partner and other visa holders where family violence is involved. Advice is for anyone living in South Australia; help lodging a protection visa or appealing a refusal depends on prospects of success, appeal representation is means-tested, and it generally does not help with student, business or skilled visas.
• Australian Migrant Resource Centre (Settlement service, 23 Coglin Street, Adelaide) — Gives settlement support to migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants, including the Humanitarian Settlement Program and SETS, and has a registered migration agent service for family, humanitarian and visitor visas and citizenship. Settlement programs are for refugees, humanitarian entrants and other new arrivals; its migration advice is fee-based, with an initial consultation of up to 60 minutes costing $220 including GST, paid upfront.
• Australian Refugee Association (Settlement service, ARA Migration and Community Hub, 11 Brown Terrace, Salisbury) — Gives settlement support, and its migration team (a registered migration agent and legal practitioners) helps with family, partner, child, humanitarian and visitor visas and citizenship. For people from refugee and migrant backgrounds and their Australian sponsors; its site does not state fees for migration help.

Department of Home Affairs in Adelaide: Visa and Citizenship office, 70 Franklin Street, Adelaide. Offices in Australia see people by appointment only: you need a pre-arranged appointment, and the department sends a letter or invitation with the details if it needs to see you. Office details on immi.homeaffairs.gov.au.

Checked 2026-10-22 on each organisation's own website, immi.homeaffairs.gov.au and art.gov.au. Migratio has no relationship with these organisations and does not assess eligibility; confirm current hours and criteria with them directly.

Citizenship ceremony waits in Adelaide

After citizenship is approved, you attend a ceremony arranged by your local council (or the Department). Home Affairs publishes, council by council, how many approved applicants had not yet attended a ceremony on 30 September 2026 and how long they had waited since approval. Across the 19 councils listed for Adelaide, 4,783 approved applicants were waiting, and 83% of them had waited less than 3 months (Migratio's applicant-weighted calculation from the Home Affairs figures).

The 12 councils with the most people waiting, of 19. Home Affairs shows counts of 1 to 4 as "<5". Source: Home Affairs ceremony wait times. Every council in Australia is on Migratio's ceremony wait data page.

Common questions

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