Migration agent in Sydney

Who you deal with

Keshab Chapagain is a registered migration agent (MARN 1576536), registered with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) since 2015, and holds the Graduate Diploma of Australian Migration Law and Practice. He runs WIDEN Migration Experts from Campsie and handles each matter himself, from the first consultation to the decision. You can confirm the registration on the OMARA register entry for MARN 1576536.

Who this is for

Most people who contact a migration agent in Sydney fall into one of five situations. WIDEN handles all five, and the consultation is where it becomes clear which rules apply to you and whether you need an agent at all.

Employers sponsoring a worker — 482, 186, 494

Standard Business Sponsorship, nomination and visa for the 482 Skills in Demand visa, permanent residence through the 186 visa, and the regional 494. Sydney employers in hospitality, aged care, construction, childcare and transport make up most of this work. The nomination stands or falls on the genuine-position, salary and labour-market-testing evidence, which is where the preparation goes. Employers: start with how to sponsor a worker or the Sydney employer-sponsorship page.

Skilled visas — 189, 190, 491 and state nomination

Points-tested skilled migration: the 189, the NSW-nominated 190 and the regional 491, plus the skills assessment and English results that come first. The honest conversation here is often about the score: what the points calculator says, what the state nomination rounds have actually invited, and whether a regional or employer-sponsored route is the faster one.

Partner and parent visas

Partner visas (820/801 onshore, 309/100 offshore) are decided on relationship evidence across the financial, household, social and commitment pillars, and the quality of that evidence is what moves an application from the slow end of the processing range to the fast end. Parent visas involve long queues and large second-instalment charges, so the consultation is as much about whether to apply as how.

407 training visas and training plans

A particular strength of the practice. The 407 training visa succeeds or fails on the structured training plan and the nomination that goes with it; WIDEN prepares these end to end, for sponsoring businesses, trainees, and other agents on a documents-only basis. See the training plan requirements.

Visa refusals, cancellations and ART review

If a visa has been refused or cancelled, the ART review deadline is short, usually 28 days from notification, and cannot be extended. Reviews are built on the exact reasons in the decision record, not on a general re-telling of the case. Contact us as soon as you have the decision, and before the deadline passes. The visa refused? start here page explains the first 48 hours.

How an engagement works

1. Consultation first. 30 minutes on Zoom with Keshab, on your own documents. You leave with a written summary: the pathway, the risks, the order of steps and what it would cost. If the honest answer is that there is no pathway yet, you are told that.
2. Costs agreement. If you want WIDEN to act, you receive a written costs agreement setting out the scope, the professional fee and the government charges. Nothing is charged until you accept it, and the consultation fee is credited in full.
3. Preparation and lodgement. Keshab prepares the application, the submissions and the evidence index, checks it with you, and lodges it electronically. You deal with the same person from the first call to the decision.

Advice is not given by email, social media or over the counter without a consultation. That is not a sales rule: the Code of Conduct requires advice to be based on your full circumstances and recorded properly, and that takes the session.

Fees

WIDEN publishes fixed professional fees for the common matters, including 482 sponsorship and nomination, 186 permanent residence, 407 training plans, partner visas and ART review, on the fees page. Government charges are separate and go to the Department: the 2026–27 visa application charges are listed on the visa fees page. The consultation is $330 inc. GST for 30 minutes or $550 for the extended hour, credited toward the engagement fee if you proceed.

Campsie office, and online for everyone else

The office is at Office 6, Level 1, 2–16 Anglo Road, Campsie NSW 2194, a short walk from Campsie station, open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Phone 02 8188 1887 or email info@widen.com.au. You do not need to come in: consultations run on Zoom, documents are exchanged securely online and lodgement is electronic, so clients across Sydney, regional NSW, the rest of Australia and overseas are handled exactly the same way.

Consultations are available in English, Nepali and Hindi; see the Nepali-speaking migration agent page.

Consultations by video

Consultations are currently by video only. Every consultation runs on Zoom, with documents exchanged securely online, so it makes no difference where in Sydney you live.

Areas served across Sydney

Clients come from across Sydney: Canterbury-Bankstown (Campsie, Belmore, Lakemba, Canterbury, Earlwood, Bankstown), the Inner West (Ashfield, Marrickville, Burwood, Strathfield), the St George area (Hurstville, Kogarah, Rockdale), Parramatta and western Sydney, and the CBD and eastern suburbs. Clients elsewhere in NSW, the rest of Australia and overseas are handled the same way, online.

Book directly

Choose a time with Keshab:

• 30-minute consultation, A$330 inc. GST, for a clear question or a first plan
• 60-minute extended consultation, A$550 inc. GST, for refusals, sponsorship, family groups and anything complex

The fee is credited in full against the engagement fee if you go ahead. A consultation is advice on your circumstances; no registered migration agent can guarantee a visa outcome.

Why a registered agent

In Australia only a registered migration agent or an Australian legal practitioner may lawfully give immigration assistance for a fee. Registered means listed on the public OMARA register, insured, meeting CPD requirements each year and bound by the Code of Conduct, so your advice is accountable and your fees are agreed in writing before work starts. Keshab Chapagain's number is MARN 1576536; verify it at portal.mara.gov.au and read how to choose a migration agent for what else to check. Keshab also writes OMARA-approved CPD for other registered agents on employer sponsorship.

Book a consultation — A$330 inc. GST, credited → with Keshab Chapagain, MARN 1576536. Consultations are currently by video only.

Check the registration yourself

Keshab Chapagain's Migration Agents Registration Number is 1576536. Search the OMARA register by name or number to confirm the registration is current before you book, as you should with any agent.

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