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Parish Patience Immigration began as the law firm of Walter Parish in
1888. John Patience joined the firm in 1937, and for many years Parish
Patience was a leading commercial law firm in Sydney.
David Bitel, our senior partner, joined the firm in 1976, and following
significant changes to Administrative and then Immigration Law in the 1980s,
began to specialise in immigration law. The Parish Patience migration law
section has since grown into one of the largest specialist immigration law
practices in Australia.
In September 2000 following a restructure, the firm repositioned itself as a
boutique immigration practice and our name changed to Parish Patience
Immigration.
Recent staff accomplishments include having acted as instructing solicitors in
the important High Court case of Plaintiff S157 of 2002 v Commonwealth.
David Bitel and other staff regularly present papers at major Australian and
international conferences, and have assisted thousands of visa applicants at
every stage of the application and appeal process.
Parish Patience Immigration is a well-known and reputable firm within the
immigration industry.
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David Bitel is accredited by the
Law Society of New South Wales as an Honorary Accredited specialist in Immigration Law
and has been admitted as a solicitor of the NSW Supreme Court and the
High Court of Australia since 1976. He is a consultant author of
Australian Immigration Law, a loose-leaf service published by
LexisNexis Butterworths, which is the major regularly updated
professional publication in the field. With over twenty years of
experience providing legal advice on immigration matters, David is an
acknowledged leader in the field.
David has particular interest in the problems of refugees. He was President of the Refugee Council of Australia from 1995-2005 and is now Immediate Past President. He has been chairman of the Australian Refugee Foundation since 1998 and was founding chairman
of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service. David helped to found and
subsequently was Chairman of the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre
(IARC), the Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force (GLITF), and the
Australian Forum of Human Rights Organisations (AFHRO).
David also serves as Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists (Australian
Section). He is a member of the Migration
Institute of Australia.
David Bitel is and has been a member of various committees of the Law
Society of NSW, including its specialist accreditation committee, the Law Council of Australia and the International Bar
Association, the world body of lawyers. In 2000 he was appointed Vice
Chair of Committee 14 (Migration and Nationality) of the Section on
Legal Practice of the International Bar Association and a member of the
executive of the IBA. In 2002 David was appointed Senior Vice Chair of IBA Committee 14.
He was also awarded Austcare's Paul Cullen Humanitarian Award in 2002.
Since 1989 David has been a part time judicial member of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal in its
equal opportunity division (and its predecessor). He has been on the Executive of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies from 1999 to 2007
and has been advisor to many community groups notably in the Filipino, Bangladesh and Nepalese communities in NSW.
Migration Agents Registration Number: 9255523.
Contact David Bitel
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Diana Tong was admitted to practise as an attorney in the People's
Republic of China. She graduated from Jilin University with a Bachelor
degree of International Law and was amongst the first group of lawyers
involved in foreign trade and investment laws in China. She was a
corporate lawyer for six years before coming to Australia and now holds
an LLM degree from the University of Sydney. Diana has worked in the
immigration law area since 1990.
Since January 1995 Diana has headed up our growing China-based
operation in Australia and overseas, making frequent trips to China and
Hong Kong and dealing with the Australian posts in Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou and Hong Kong on a regular basis. Diana has been a partner in
Parish Patience since July 1999. She writes about immigration issues on
a regular basis for community newspapers, as well as holding talks on
community radio and for visiting foreign delegations and groups. Member,
Migration Institute of Australia.
Migration Agents Registration Number: 9359088.
Contact Diana Tong
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Jack obtained his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law from the University of Sydney in 2000.
He has extensive practicing experience in various disciplines of Australian law, such as conveyancing,
business, family and criminal law matters prior to focusing his professional career in immigration law in 2003.
Jack speaks fluent English and Mandarin.
Jack specialises in general skilled migration and employer sponsored visas, including state sponsorships, skills assessment with various assessing bodies, child, parents, partner and other family stream visa applications, merit reviews as well as other areas of immigration.
He currently holds a practicing certificate as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and High Court of Australia. Member, Migration Institute of Australia.
Migration Agents Registration Number: 0301059
Contact Jia Jack Li
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Thong Nguyen joined Parish Patience Immigration in 2002 after graduating from his Master Degree (M.Ed) course at the University of Technology, Sydney.He had extensive work experience with an international organization in Vietnam before coming to Australia.
Thong is fluent in both English and Vietnamese, and he is a
NAATI
accredited Vietnamese translator.
Thong specialises in dealing with Skilled Migration, Partner and Spouse, Parents, Student and other
family stream visa applications. He also deals with skills assessment applications with
different assessing bodies in Australia. He also prepares and lodges applications for the
Migration Review Tribunal and Ministerial Appeals.
Thong has had experience in working with clients from different nationalities and backgrounds.
He is the primary contact for Vietnamese clients who seek assistance from our law firm. Member, Migration Institute of
Australia.
Migration Agents Registration Number: 0322836.
Contact Thong Nguyen
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Howard has had extensive experience in both private and public sectors in a variety of professional roles and appointments. From 2006 he has been engaged by Parish Patience Immigration in a number of accounting and legal roles, and since 2007 undertakes legal work for clients principally, in Family law, Criminal Law, Conveyancing and Corporations Law.
He currently holds a practicing certificate as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and High Court of Australia and is a member of CPA Australia. He holds following qualifications, BA., MBA., LLB, Grad Dip of Accounting, Grad Dip Taxation, Grad Dip Legal Practice and CPA.
Migration Agents Registration Number: 0801770
Contact Howard Murdoch
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Tina graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Commerce and achieved a Bachelor of Law from the University of Technology Sydney. She worked in private practice with a firm specialising in Immigration Law prior to joining Parish Patience Immigration in 2011.
Tina has experience in skilled migration, employer sponsorship visas and skills assessments with relevant assessing bodies. She also has a particular interest in refugee law and policy.
Tina speaks fluent English and Farsi (Persian).
She currently holds a practicing certificate as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and High Court of Australia. Member, Migration Institute of Australia.
Migration Agents Registration Number: 1173577
Contact Tina Nematian
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Shan (Mahalingam Sutharshan) is qualified in law from Sri Lanka in 2000. He holds a LL.B degree from University of Colombo and obtained his Masters of Laws (LL.M) from Monash University, Melbourne in 2003. Shan completed another Masters of Laws degree specializing in International Humanitarian Law and Environmental Law under the AusAid Leadership Scholarship at the Australian National University in 2008. In 2009, he completed the Graduate Certificate in Migration Law and Practice.
In Sri Lanka, Shan worked as a researcher at the National Human Rights Commission and as a Lecturer at the Department of Law, University of Jaffna. He also worked as a Project officer with Pathfinder Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Shan joined Parish Patience Immigration Lawyers in December 2010 and at present specializes in handling protection visa applications, Refugee Review Tribunal, Ministerial appeals and Judicial reviews.
Shan has a particular interest in refugee law and asylum seekers and Human Rights Law.
Shan speaks fluent English and Tamil.
Member of Migration Institute of Australia.
Migration Agents Registration number: 0961664.
Contact Mahalingam Sutharshan
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