Intersections: Family Violence and Women on Visas
Intersections: Family Violence and Women on Visas
Conditions on migration visas can make it difficult for women who are experiencing family violence to seek help or leave their partner. Intersections: family violence and women on visas training will provide you with information and strategies to support women experiencing family violence while on a temporary visa.
At the end of the training, you will:
- Understand barriers faced by women on temporary visas experiencing family violence.
- Identify migration issues in your client’s family violence legal issue.
- Understand the family violence provisions in the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), how they apply, and process of raising a family violence claim.
- Build confidence and ability to ask clients about their visa status and identify legal issues.
- Identify the evidence needed to establish a family violence exemption.
- Understand the barriers clients may face providing evidence.
Who is this for?
This training is best suited for generalist community legal sector lawyers who want to enhance their practice supporting clients on temporary visas that are at risk or experiencing family violence.
Details
In person training, held in Melbourne CBD.
This training runs across 1 full day 9:30-4:30.
Or
Online, two consecutive days.
Day 1 – 9:30am – 1:30pm
Day 2 – 9:30am – 1:30pm
Cost
$75+GST
Upcoming dates
Name
Location
Date
Time
Enrol
Intersections: Family Violence and Women on Visas
Online
Wednesday 25 June
Thursday 26 June
9:30am – 1:30pm
We understand practitioners have previously claimed continuing professional development (CPD) points for this course. CPD points that could potentially be claimed for this course are in the fields of: professional skills and substantive law.
If you have further questions, please contact training@womenslegal.org.au