Consultation · $220 inc. GST · Credited if you engage
Get it settled: book a consultation
Thirty minutes with Keshab Chapagain, registered migration agent (MARN 1576536). Your documents read, a straight answer on your pathway, and the advice in writing afterwards.
Pick a time
- Fee
- $220 inc. GST · extended $440
- If you engage
- Credited in full
- You leave with
- Written summary + next steps
- How
- Video call, your timezone
Times show in your own timezone. You pay by card when you book and get a confirmation with the video link and a short prep note. I take a limited number of consultations each week.
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The migration agent that other migration agents learn from. WIDEN is an OMARA-approved CPD provider — our training is rated ★4.9 by 40+ registered migration agents.
About the CPD →What you get
- Your documents read. Passport, visa, CV, qualifications, English results, refusal papers — whatever exists.
- A straight answer. Which visa, in what order, what it costs — and if the case is weak, you hear it before you spend serious money.
- The traps in your case named. Occupation and list issues, timing, evidence gaps.
- The advice in writing. A written summary and next steps after the session.
Who books
- Working holiday makers whose employer has said "we'd sponsor you".
- People with a refusal or cancellation and a short review deadline.
- 482 workers planning the permanent step.
- Couples and families on mixed visas, planned as one file.
- Employers setting up a nomination that survives scrutiny.
- Tradespeople with experience but no Australian qualification.
What the fee actually costs you
A refused application forfeits its government charge: $4,015 for a 482, $11,710 for a partner visa. The consultation is $220 inc. GST ($440 extended), refundable if you cancel up to two days before. If you then engage WIDEN, the whole fee comes off your engagement fee, so advice first costs nothing extra.
Keshab Chapagain, MARN 1576536 — verifiable on the OMARA register. The consultation is an initial consultation under s 43 of the Migration Agents Code of Conduct; further work proceeds only under a written service agreement (s 42). No outcome can be guaranteed by any registered agent (s 15). Fee credit applies when you engage WIDEN for the matter discussed.
Questions we get asked first
What does the consultation cost, and is it credited?
The standard consultation is $220 inc. GST for 30 minutes with Keshab Chapagain (MARN 1576536) personally — not a junior, not a sales call. An extended 60-minute session is $440 inc. GST. Either way, if you engage WIDEN afterwards the consultation fee is credited toward your engagement fee, so getting proper advice first costs you nothing extra if you proceed.
Should I book the standard or the extended consultation?
Book the standard 30 minutes for a single, reasonably contained question — one visa pathway, one applicant, a clear decision to make. Book the extended 60 minutes when the matter has real moving parts: a refusal or cancellation with review deadlines, employer sponsorship with nomination questions, multiple applicants or visa histories, or several documents that need to be worked through in the session. If you book the standard session and the matter turns out to need more, that gets said honestly rather than rushed.
What do I actually get out of it?
A straight answer on your pathway — which visa, in what sequence, with what risks — plus a written summary of the advice and your next steps after the session. This is a formal initial consultation under section 43 of the Migration Agents Code of Conduct: personal advice about your specific situation, on your documents.
What should I prepare?
Whatever exists: passport bio page, current visa details or VEVO check, CV, qualifications, English test results, skills assessment if you have one, and any refusal or nomination documents if that is what we are discussing. Missing pieces are fine — identifying what is missing is part of the value. You will get a short prep note with your booking confirmation.
Is it online or in person?
By video call. That is how clients across Australia and overseas attend, and it lets us look at your documents together on screen during the session. The link arrives with your booking confirmation.
My card was declined at checkout. What now?
It is usually your bank blocking an overseas or online payment rather than a problem with the card. Try a different card, or ask your bank to allow the payment and book again. If it still fails, email info@widen.com.au with the time you wanted and we will help you complete the booking.
Can the outcome be guaranteed?
No — and be wary of anyone who says otherwise. Section 15 of the Migration Agents Code of Conduct prohibits registered agents from guaranteeing outcomes. What the consultation guarantees is honest, personal advice: if your case is weak, you will be told so before you spend serious money on it.
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