Case
Review
A documentation and evidence review for the adviser on the file — what the material actually establishes against each criterion, and where it will be tested.
Who this is for
This service is prepared for registered migration agents and Australian legal practitioners, on the files they are running. It is an evidence and documentation review, delivered to the adviser as a working note.
It is not advice to a visa applicant. We do not tell an applicant whether to lodge, what their prospects are, what their options are, or what to do next — those are matters for a registered migration agent or an Australian legal practitioner, and Zeolla Solutions is neither. What we do is read the documents against the provisions and report what the material supports.
If you are an applicant or a sponsor without an adviser engaged, the honest answer is to engage one. We can prepare the underlying evidence reports — labour market testing, genuine position, market salary, business plans, training plans — but the assessment of a live file belongs with the person who can lawfully advise on it.
Why we draw the line there, plainly. Part 3 of the Migration Act makes it an offence for a person who is not a registered migration agent to give immigration assistance — which includes advising on a visa application or a visa matter, and preparing or helping to prepare an application or a document relating to it. We are a documentation and research business, and we keep inside that boundary deliberately rather than by accident.
What a file review is for
Most refusals are visible in a file before it is lodged. A position description that does not reach the occupation it is mapped to. A salary that the market data will not support. An organisational chart that contradicts the nomination. Testing that falls a week short of the continuous four weeks, or that has no overlapping day between two advertisements. Projections that bear no relation to the lodged financials.
These are findable, and far cheaper to fix than to appeal — particularly now that the Tribunal’s twenty-eight-day limit cannot be extended and, in sponsored matters, the review right sits with the business rather than the worker.
A review is a written note to the adviser. It says what the file establishes, provision by provision; where the evidence is thin; what a delegate is likely to ask about; and what would close each gap.
A file summary and the criteria the matter turns on, identified by provision
An assessment of the evidence against each criterion, with what the material does and does not establish stated separately
The gaps, ranked by how likely each is to attract a request for further information or a refusal
What would close each gap, and whether it is realistically obtainable
Internal inconsistencies — dates, figures, occupation codes, structure and worksites that disagree across documents
A documentation readiness view, for the adviser to act on
What we check, and why those things
The checks follow the provisions rather than a generic list, which is why the review differs by matter type.
| Matter | What the review goes to |
|---|---|
| Subclass 482 nomination | The occupation and task correspondence, the genuine position evidence, the annual market salary rate workings, the four cumulative salary tests, and the labour market testing dates and content elements |
| Subclass 186 Direct Entry | Regulation 5.19(9) — lawful and active operation, identified and genuine need under the nominator’s direct control, two-year full-time capacity, capacity to pay the market salary rate each year, and the labour hire carve-out |
| Labour market testing | The four months, the continuous four weeks, the overlapping day where periods are added, the four content elements, platform eligibility, applicant assessment against the occupation, and the redundancy position |
| Subclass 407 nomination | The chosen category under regulation 2.72B, the structure and tailoring evidence, the 12-months-in-24 experience where it applies, who delivers the training, and whether the nomination approval will still be live when the visa is decided |
| Labour agreement or DAMA | The stakeholder consultation record and its timing, the occupation-by-occupation business case, the category position and workforce ratio, and the concession cases |
| A section 56 or 57 response | Whether every point is answered, whether the schedule maps evidence to points, and whether anything in the response contradicts the application |
| A refused file | Which criterion the refusal actually turned on, what the decision record says the evidence failed to establish, and what material exists now that was not before the delegate |
The things that most often turn out to be wrong
Across the files sent to us, the same half-dozen problems recur — and none of them is a matter of judgement. Each is checkable.
Two advertisements with no shared day. Two tidy fortnights, back to back, do not make four continuous weeks. This is the most expensive error in labour market testing and it is invisible until assessment.
Advertising that predates a redundancy. Where an Australian was made redundant in the occupation, the advertising has to have run after it. Explanation cannot fix the sequence.
An occupation code the tasks do not reach. The tasks the person will actually perform have to correspond to the tasks set out for the code — not to the title.
A salary figure that clears the threshold but not the market rate, or the reverse. They are separate tests and both have to be satisfied.
An organisational chart that contradicts the nomination. Usually a reporting line or a supervisor who does not appear anywhere else in the file.
Projections unconnected to the lodged financials. A delegate who cannot reconcile the two has a reason to discount both.
A nomination approval about to expire. Twelve months from approval, and for a 407 the visa application is not even valid until the nomination is approved.
Confidentiality and what we need
Files are handled under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and are used only for the review they were supplied for. Documents are uploaded through the form to our own storage, and each matter is given a reference you can quote.
Send the application or the draft, the supporting evidence, any correspondence with the Department, and the decision record where there is one. Tell us what you want examined and what your concern about it is — a review scoped to the thing you are worried about is worth more than a general pass over the file.
General information, current at October 2026. Zeolla Solutions prepares migration documentation, research and reports for registered migration agents, legal practitioners and businesses. We are not a law practice and not a registered migration agent, and nothing on this page or in a review is immigration assistance, immigration advice or legal advice. Legal and migration conclusions remain with the adviser on the file.
Case Review
Complete the form and you receive a case reference immediately. Nothing is payable until we confirm scope and price in writing.
Common questions
Who can order a case review?
It is prepared for registered migration agents and Australian legal practitioners on the files they are running. It is an evidence and documentation review delivered to the adviser, not advice to a visa applicant — we are not a registered migration agent or a law practice and we do not advise on visa matters.
What if I do not have an agent or lawyer?
Engage one. We can still prepare the underlying evidence reports — labour market testing, genuine position, market salary, business plans, training plans — because those are research and documentation. But assessing a live application and advising on what to do about it is immigration assistance, and only a registered migration agent or an Australian legal practitioner may lawfully provide it.
Is the review a document I can lodge?
No. It is a working note about the file. Where it identifies work that needs doing, order that work separately — or tick it as an add-on on the form and the quote covers both.
At what stage is a review most useful?
Before lodgement, by a wide margin. After a request for further information it is useful for checking that the response answers every point. After a refusal it is useful for identifying which criterion the decision actually turned on and what material now exists that was not before the delegate — but by then the Tribunal’s non-extendable twenty-eight days is already running.
What do you need?
The application or draft, the supporting evidence, any correspondence with the Department, the decision record if there is one, and a note of what you want examined. A scoped review is worth more than a general one.
How long does it take?
Usually a few business days, confirmed with the quote. If you are working to a deadline, tell us the date on the form and we will say immediately whether it can be met.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is a documentation and evidence review. We report what the material establishes against each criterion and where it is thin. Legal and migration conclusions, and anything said to the applicant, remain with the adviser on the file.
Do you tell us if the file is hopeless?
Yes, in those terms if that is the position. A review that reports a file as stronger than it is has no value to anyone, and we would rather lose the follow-on work than write that.
Can you review a document someone else prepared?
Yes — training plans, business plans, labour market testing files, salary analyses and nomination submissions. We report which provision each part of it is meant to satisfy, and whether it gets there.
How is the file kept?
Under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), used only for the review it was supplied for, uploaded through the form to our own storage, and given a reference you can quote in correspondence with us.
Often ordered with this
DHA Request for Further Information
A written response to a section 56 request - the material addressed point by point, with the evidence assembled and referenced.
Quoted per case →ART Appeal Submission Support
Written submissions for an Administrative Review Tribunal matter, addressing the decision record and the criteria the decision turned on.
Quoted per case →Genuine Position (GP) Report
The position, the business, the organisational structure and the tasks mapped to the ANZSCO unit group, with the findings table against the Department considerations.
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