AI Prompt Library

Migration Law prompts for Australian lawyers

These prompts are designed for AU migration lawyers and RMAs acting on skilled, family, protection, and business visas, sponsorship, reviews, and character matters. Copy any prompt, replace placeholders with your matter facts, and run it.

In short

A curated library of 25 AI prompts for Australian migration practitioners. Each prompt is grounded in the Migration Act 1958, Migration Regulations 1994, the Skills in Demand visa framework (Dec 2024), and current ART and Federal Circuit and Family Court authority.

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Research

Research prompts (5)

Research Skills in Demand visa criteria

Prompt

Research the current Subclass 482 Skills in Demand visa criteria, including the Specialist, Core Skills, and Essential Skills streams introduced in December 2024.

Example use: Advising an employer on the visa pathway for an incoming senior engineer.

Research character cancellation under s 501

Prompt

Research the current approach to mandatory and discretionary visa cancellation under s 501 of the Migration Act, including Direction 110.

Example use: Advising a non-citizen facing cancellation after a sentence of 12+ months.

Research partner visa genuineness

Prompt

Research the current approach to genuineness of relationship in partner visa decisions under reg 1.15A, including evidentiary expectations.

Example use: Advising a partner visa applicant in a same-sex long-distance relationship.

Research the ART migration review process

Prompt

Research the ART's Migration and Refugee Jurisdiction procedures following the 14 October 2024 transition from the AAT.

Example use: Preparing a client for their first ART hearing post-transition.

Research protection visa complementary protection

Prompt

Research the complementary protection criteria under s 36(2)(aa) of the Migration Act and recent Federal Court guidance.

Example use: Advising a protection visa applicant with family violence claims.

Drafting

Drafting prompts (5)

Draft a partner visa statutory declaration

Prompt

Draft a statutory declaration for a partner visa application addressing the s 5F/5CB criteria. Applicant: [details]. Sponsor: [details].

Example use: Statutory declaration for an onshore partner visa with complex relationship history.

Draft an SBS nomination submission

Prompt

Draft a Standard Business Sponsorship nomination submission under the Subclass 482 visa framework. Sponsor: [details]. Nominee: [details]. Role: [details].

Example use: Nomination for a Core Skills stream role in a regulated industry.

Draft a s 501 representations

Prompt

Draft representations against mandatory cancellation under s 501CA(4). Client: [details]. Address Direction 110 considerations including protection of the community and family ties.

Example use: Representations for a long-term resident facing cancellation after drug offending.

Draft an ART application

Prompt

Draft an ART application for review of [decision]. Applicant: [details]. Grounds: [details]. Include statement of facts, issues, and contentions.

Example use: ART application for review of a refused skilled visa.

Draft a ministerial intervention request

Prompt

Draft a ministerial intervention request under s 351 or s 417 of the Migration Act. Applicant: [details]. Unique or exceptional circumstances: [details].

Example use: Ministerial intervention request for a medically vulnerable failed protection applicant.

Review

Review prompts (5)

Review a visa refusal decision

Prompt

Review this visa refusal decision from the Department. Identify errors of law, jurisdictional errors, and merits arguments for ART review.

Example use: Review of a refused partner visa decision with credibility findings.

Review an ART decision

Prompt

Review this ART decision. Identify jurisdictional error grounds for judicial review under s 476 in the Federal Circuit and Family Court.

Example use: Review of an ART decision affirming a s 501 cancellation.

Review a sponsorship approval

Prompt

Review this sponsorship approval and nomination. Identify compliance obligations, training benchmarks, and monitoring risks.

Example use: Compliance review for a business sponsor with multiple nominated employees.

Review a protection visa interview transcript

Prompt

Review this protection visa interview transcript. Identify credibility findings, inconsistencies, and submissions to make to the delegate.

Example use: Review before making final submissions on a protection visa claim.

Review a bridging visa strategy

Prompt

Review a client's bridging visa position. Assess BVA/BVB/BVE eligibility, work rights, and travel rights.

Example use: Review for a client with multiple ongoing visa applications and reviews.

Client comms

Client comms prompts (5)

Explain the SID visa pathway

Prompt

Draft a plain-English briefing on the Skills in Demand visa streams and pathway to permanent residence under the ENS (Subclass 186).

Example use: Employer briefing on migration pathways for a prospective hire.

Explain s 501 cancellation risk

Prompt

Draft a plain-English briefing for a non-citizen on the risk of visa cancellation following a sentence or pending charges.

Example use: Non-citizen client facing criminal proceedings likely to result in imprisonment.

Explain partner visa stages

Prompt

Draft a plain-English explanation of the partner visa two-stage process (Subclass 820/801 or 309/100).

Example use: Couple preparing an onshore partner visa application.

Explain ART review procedure

Prompt

Draft a plain-English briefing on the ART Migration and Refugee Jurisdiction review process, timing, and hearings.

Example use: Client receiving a visa refusal and considering review.

Explain sponsorship obligations

Prompt

Draft a plain-English briefing for business sponsors on ongoing obligations and monitoring exposure.

Example use: New SBS sponsor after first nomination approval.

Strategy

Strategy prompts (5)

Strategy for a complex partner visa

Prompt

Develop a strategy for a complex partner visa application involving family violence claims and cohabitation gaps.

Example use: Onshore partner visa with a separation period during the application.

Strategy for a s 501 defence

Prompt

Develop a strategy for responding to a s 501 cancellation. Consider representations, merits review, and judicial review.

Example use: Long-term resident facing cancellation after a drug trafficking conviction.

Strategy for employer sponsorship program

Prompt

Develop a compliant sponsorship program strategy for an employer. Consider accredited sponsor pathway, labour market testing, and training obligations.

Example use: Corporate client setting up an internal migration compliance function.

Strategy for a protection claim

Prompt

Develop a strategy for a protection visa claim involving family violence. Consider complementary protection and well-founded fear.

Example use: Applicant from a country with high prevalence of gender-based violence.

Strategy for judicial review

Prompt

Develop a judicial review strategy under s 476 FCFCOA against an ART migration decision. Consider jurisdictional error grounds.

Example use: Judicial review of an ART affirmation of a partner visa refusal.

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