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IARC - Immigration Advice & Rights Centre Inc

IARC is a community legal centre. We are a non-profit organisation that provides free legal advice to people who are navigating Australia’s immigration system.

Our clients include migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum. IARC is funded by the Australian Government, NSW Government and the Public Purpose Fund through the Community Legal Centres Program administered by Legal Aid NSW

03/06/2026

Migration Law Update: there are new changes affecting how Student visas are reviewed at the Administrative Review Tribunal. Swipe through for more.

IARC's take: "IARC is concerned how this will impact international students facing vulnerability such as domestic and family violence or workplace exploitation. Without legal support, people may miss deadlines and opportunities to present their case, which will have severe consequences."

Want to learn more? Subscribe to The Immigration Kit: Digital Edition for all the details plus regular updates and explainers delivered directly – in-platform and by email – written by IARC's immigration lawyers. Link in bio.

27/05/2026

We are hosting a free webinar on 4th June and we'd love for you to join us. Hear from IARC's CEO Joshua Strutt, Senior Solicitor Kristie Mellor and the team at Lext as we walk you through how The Immigration Kit: Digital Edition can support your work – with a live demo, practical tips, panel discussion on how immigration lawyers use the platform in their daily practice + Q&A. Whether you're new to the platform or looking to make the most out of your subscription, this session is for you. Not yet subscribed? Register for the webinar and receive 10% off your first year's subscription.

📍 Online via Zoom
🗓️ Thursday 4th June | 12pm–1pm AEST
✅ Free
🎟️ Link in bio to register via Eventbrite

21/05/2026

Migration Law Update: major changes have been introduced for visa review applications at the Administrative Review Tribunal. Swipe through our post for the details.

IARC's take: "We are very concerned about how these changes will impact temporary visa holders experiencing vulnerability. This includes people experiencing domestic and family violence and exploitation. They will no longer have the opportunity to be properly heard, or the opportunity to put their case forward with an interpreter at a hearing. For people already in crisis, losing the opportunity to tell their story in their own words significantly increases the risk of an unjust outcome."

Want to learn more or receive more updates like this? Subscribe to The Immigration Kit: Digital Edition at our link in bio.

20/05/2026

Did you know 1 in 4 of IARC’s team members started as volunteers? And we couldn’t be more grateful they did! To every volunteer, past and present - thank you for choosing IARC. 💙

18/05/2026

It’s National Volunteer Week! This year we asked some of our wonderful volunteers what they love most about being part of the IARC team.

We are so grateful for our incredible community of volunteers who play a crucial role in making the important work we do at IARC possible. From all of us: thank you – for your generosity, compassion and commitment to this work. We could not do it without you! 🧡

15/05/2026

IARC in the news: Our CEO and Principal Solicitor Joshua Strutt spoke to about how Australia’s immigration system can discriminate against people with health issues.
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"We often see families considering leaving children off applications because they're worried it might mean their visas are refused,” he said.

"Or we even see parents just leaving Australia because they don't want to do that to their children. It's pretty harrowing."

Mr Strutt said Australia's immigration system was "really confusing" and it could be unclear what visa people would be eligible for when they arrived.

He was calling for all visas to have access to health waivers, and for the home affairs department to be given flexibility to consider each family's unique situation.

"It really discriminates [against] people with health issues," he said.

"If they're working in critical industries, [they] should have made available to them health waivers so they can stay here as a family unit."

Read the family’s story and the ABC's article at our link bio.

14/05/2026

BTS of our CEO. If you know, you know. If you don’t… it’s time to subscribe to The Immigration Kit: Digital Edition. Link in bio.

12/05/2026

Meet Kristie Mellor - one of IARC’s Senior Solicitors, Lawyers Weekly Non-Profit Lawyers of the Year nominee and one of The Immigration Kit: Digital Edition’s authors. Subscribe now via the link in our bio!

10/05/2026

Migration agents and immigration lawyers – this one's for you 👉 Accurate legal information, AustLII and JADE integrations, and a Q&A tool built for citizenship and migration law. All in one place. Subscribe to The Immigration Kit: Digital Edition via our link in bio.

16/04/2026

We did it.💜🌈

Thanks to your generosity, we raised $6,000 (!!!) in our matched donations campaign – which means $12,000 total for migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum.

We are so grateful - every single donation made a difference.

Working in a community legal centre can be hard, especially when the world feels heavy. But moments like these – connecting with community at Fair Day, and the outpouring of support we’ve felt this week – helps so much.

Thank you!

Address

Suite 3, Level 8, 377 Sussex Street
Sydney, NSW
2000

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61282340700

Website

http://www.iarc.org.au/

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