The right migration agent for you is registered, states plainly what they can and cannot promise, and is clear about who in the practice will actually work on your file. Office presentation, marketing material and unverifiable client lists are secondary considerations.

This page sets out what to check when choosing a migration agent, visa agent or migration consultant in Perth, so the decision is made on the facts rather than the pitch.

Confirm registration before anything else

In Australia, only a person registered with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) — or an Australian legal practitioner — may lawfully provide immigration assistance for a fee. Every registered agent holds a Migration Agent Registration Number (MARN), checkable on the OMARA register before you sign anything.

Adam (Gürkan) Kocoglu, principal of Australian Migration Co, is a Registered Migration Agent, MARN 2418576. If an agent or consultancy cannot provide a MARN for you to verify, the engagement should not proceed.

Source: Migration Act 1958, Part 3 (Regulation of Migration Agents), the registration requirement for giving immigration assistance for a fee. Compilation C2026C00232, Compilation No. 171, compilation date 4 June 2026.

Ask who actually handles your file

Some larger practices route matters through paralegals or case managers, with the registered agent reviewing at a distance. That structure can work well and is not improper, but it should be disclosed at the outset rather than discovered later. At Australian Migration Co, Adam personally handles the assessment, strategy and preparation of the matters he takes on. Ask any prospective agent who will draft your submission, and who will be named as your authorised recipient for correspondence with the Department.

Source: Business practice at Australian Migration Co, not a legislative requirement.

Language access matters for some applicants

For a Turkish-speaking applicant, sponsor or family member, discussing a visa matter in your first language materially affects what is communicated and understood, particularly where the circumstances are complex or time-critical. Australian Migration Co provides services in English, with Turkish language support available where required.

Source: Australian Migration Co service offering, not a legislative requirement.

Understand what no agent can promise you

No registered agent may guarantee a visa outcome, and no business may make a misleading claim about the likelihood of success. What a registered agent can do is assess your eligibility against the applicable legal criteria, identify the risks in your matter, including a PIC 4020 issue, a Schedule 3 time limit, or a sponsorship obligation under Division 2.19 of the Migration Regulations 1994, and prepare the strongest compliant case available on the facts. That is a narrower undertaking than a promised approval, and it is the only one a registered agent can properly give.

Source: Migration (Migration Agents Code of Conduct) Regulations 2021, compilation F2026C00275, Compilation No. 2, in force from 1 April 2026; and the Australian Consumer Law prohibition on misleading or deceptive conduct, section 18. Specific Code of Conduct clause number to be confirmed before publication.

Australian Migration Co at a glance

Principal

Adam (Gürkan) Kocoglu, Registered Migration Agent, MARN 2418576

Office

Level 28, 140 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Contact

(08) 6555 7037 · WhatsApp 0475 218 414

Hours

Monday to Friday, 10am–5pm, consultations by appointment

Languages

English, Turkish

Practice areas

Employer sponsored visas, general skilled migration, partner visas, student and temporary graduate visas, visitor visas, Australian citizenship applications

Source: Australian Migration Co business records and Google Business Profile, current as at 20 September 2026.

What to check before you engage anyone

• the agent's MARN, checked directly on the OMARA register
• who will actually assess, draft and lodge your matter
• whether any outcome has been promised, implied or guaranteed, which should be treated as a warning sign
• whether the fee structure and scope of engagement are set out in writing before you commit
• whether the practice can communicate with you in the language you are most comfortable using, where that matters to you

Questions people ask when choosing a migration agent

Speak with a registered migration agent

We cannot tell you what a decision will be, and no registered practitioner will. We can set out your options, identify where the risk in your matter sits, and explain what a properly prepared case requires.

Current at 20 September 2026. Migration law changes, and the instruments and provisions referred to on this page are amended from time to time. This page is general information, not immigration assistance for your matter.