Our Vision
We empower you to make important decisions regarding Australian visas and the immigration process.
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Access the expert knowledge of highly experienced and well-respected Australian immigration lawyers.
Quick, responsive and friendly team of immigration lawyers providing tailored visa and immigration advice for your visa, appeal or judicial review process.
You can access our legal know-how entirely at your convenience, wherever you are, because we value your time.
Our Team
Dessie Hristova
Principal Solicitor
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Dessie works exclusively in the area of visa and immigration law, and the global free movement of people, a career in visa and immigration law that spans the continents of Europe and Australia over the past two decades. She was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2007. Assent Migration Lawyers was founded by Dessie as principal to provide a highly personalised expert visa and immigration service.
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Dessie is a member of Law Institute of Victoria, Law Council of Austalia and Migration Institute of Australia and has presented to migration agents and lawyers in CPD seminars and in their Practice Ready Program. Dessie is also an active member of the Migration and Refugee Law Reform Committees.
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Dessie was a co-founder and partner of a boutique law firm that won a number of awards, including a finalist in the Law Institute of Victoria Best Boutique Law Firm. She has been a leader in the visa and immigration field working in top tier law firms, global relocation companies and migration consultancies. Last but not least she worked with asylum seekers through the UNHCR in a war-torn zone during.
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Dessie holds:
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Masters of Law and Legal Practice from University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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Graduate Certificate in European Law and Legal Systems from University of Cambridge, United Kingdom;
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Bachelor of Law from Sofia University, Bulgaria
Kathryn Teede
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Associate, Regional Victoria
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Kathryn is an experienced and qualified visa and immigration professional, holding 14 years of experience within the legal industry with key experience in areas of corporate, individual and refugee and humanitarian migration through employment with reputable boutique and global relocation companies and law firms in Australia.
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Kathryn is registered with the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA), Registration Number 0853030
Kathryn is a member of the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA). She is practising in regional Victoria.
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Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia, 2005
Jana Sarandeva
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Practice Lead
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Jana has four years of experience as a paralegal and a leader of practice administration in boutique law firms. She has over ten years of experience in Government Administration.
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Jana has unparalleled organisational skills and strong empathy core values and maintains a high engagement level with the customers of Assent Migration Lawyers throughout all stages of the immigration process. Jana is keen on sharing her and her family’s successful immigration journey to Australia and passionate about helping others to experience the Australian dream.
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Jana holds a Master of Laws from the University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria and a Bachelor of Arts (Philology & Linguistics) from the University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Grace Zheng
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Legal Associate, Sydney​
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Grace commenced her legal career in Australian in 2004 when she was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. She was registered with the Migration Agents Registration Authority from 2009 to 2021. Grace is practising as a solicitor based in Sydney.
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Grace is a member of the New South Wales Law Society and is representing clients in visa, immigration citizenship and family law matters. With a career that spans across Asia and Australia, Grace has worked in one of the top ten corporate law firms in Australia and in specialist boutique immigration consultancies, as well as being the principal of her own practice.
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Grace speaks Cantonese, Italian and Mandarin.