Hammond Taylor

13/07/2026

We're proud to share a double win at this year's APAC Legal Awards. Roam Migration Law has been named Most Trusted Corporate Immigration Law Firm 2026 – Melbourne, and our own Jackson Taylor has been named Immigration Law Leader of the Year 2026 (Australia).

Since 2016, we've built Roam around one idea: immigration isn't a box-ticking exercise, it's a strategic function that shapes whether a business can grow. That means embedding ourselves in our clients' workforce planning, designing scalable sponsorship frameworks, and giving HR, legal, and global mobility teams the tools to make confident decisions.

It also means never losing sight of the people behind every matter, whether that's an employee relocating their family or a business leader trying to keep a critical project on track.

Thank you to our clients across IT, finance, defence, construction, healthcare, education, and beyond for trusting us with work that matters. And thank you to our team, who between them speak 18 languages, for making sure that trust is earned every day. Congratulations, Jackson, on a richly deserved individual honour.

Read the full feature from APAC Insider: https://hubs.la/Q04pg2R_0

01/06/2026

Visa renewal timing is becoming more important for employers.

Recent Bridging Visa A delays mean businesses should avoid leaving onshore visa applications too close to expiry.

Earlier planning gives HR teams, visa holders and managers more certainty.

Bridging visa delays Australia are creating risk for employers. Learn how earlier visa renewal planning helps reduce work rights issues.

01/06/2026

Australia’s Migration Program is entering a period of stability.

For employers, that does not mean standing still.

Corporate sponsors should be using this time to review key visa holders, permanent residency pathways, and workforce risks before they become urgent.

Immigration planning works best when it is built into workforce strategy early.

What the 2025-26 Migration Program cap means for corporate employers, ENS planning, onshore talent strategy and permanent residency pathways.

12/05/2026

Visa processing times are now a workforce planning issue.

For employers sponsoring overseas workers, timing affects recruitment, on-boarding, project delivery and retention.

Our latest article looks at current 2026 processing times for key employer sponsored pathways, including:

• Standard Business Sponsorship
• Subclass 482 nominations and streams
• Subclass 186 permanent residence pathways
• Subclass 494 regional visas
• Subclass 400 short stay specialist visas

Read the full article here:

Current visa processing times in 2026 for employer sponsored visas, including 482, 186, 494, sponsorship, nominations and short stay work visas.

08/05/2026

Australia’s Workforce Trends 2026:

The fastest-growing occupation in Australia right now is Aged and Disabled Carers, which added 27,100 workers over the past year to reach 376,300 employed. Registered Nurses grew by 12,600. Child Carers by 10,700.

This is not a sector-specific story. The care economy is drawing from a shared labour pool, workers who might otherwise be in administration, customer service, or operations support.

If you are seeing increased pressure in those roles, the structural shift toward care work is part of the explanation.

Read more:

Australia's 2026 workforce data, brings together the most comprehensive picture of the Australian workforce currently available.

21/04/2026

The latest TEMi Immigration Survey reflects a reality many employers already know.

Immigration pressure is no longer showing up in one place. It is showing up across hiring, workforce planning, compliance, mobility, and cost.

That is what we unpack in our latest article.

It was valuable to see this conversation being advanced through TEMi, led by founder Deborah Scerri GMP1 FTEMI, with Jamie Lingham serving as TEMi Immigration Liaison Officer, and with Jackson Taylor contributing as part of the Immigration Advisory Group.

For employers, the issue is not one isolated rule change.

It is the cumulative pressure created by rising costs, tighter process settings, compliance expectations, and ongoing workforce shortages.

That is where immigration stops being a narrow legal issue and becomes a business planning issue.

Our latest article looks at what the TEMi survey is telling us, and what employers should be doing now to respond with more structure, foresight, and control.

Read the full article here:

The TEMi Immigration Survey highlights the cost, planning and compliance pressure facing Australian employers in 2026..

21/04/2026

19 days to go until The Employee Mobility Institute Mobility Exchange Summit 2026. ⏳

Roam Migration Law will be in Lancefield from 6 to 8 May, joining senior mobility, talent and HR leaders for practical discussions on mobility, governance, compliance and workforce strategy.

Looking forward to the exchange of ideas over the three days

The TEMi Mobility Exchange Summit 2026 a two-day residential working retreat for senior HR, mobility and talent leaders focused on real decisions, practical frameworks and applied outcomes, not presentations.

09/04/2026

A stable clinical workforce does not happen by accident.

This case study shows how Roam Migration Law supported a regional hospital to retain a Resident Medical Officer through permanent residency under the Subclass 186 pathway.

For employers, the issue is bigger than one visa outcome. It is about retention, roster stability, and reducing uncertainty in coverage critical roles.

Read the case study here:

How Roam Migration Law helped a regional hospital retain a Resident Medical Officer through permanent residency under Subclass 186.

31/03/2026

A technical change to Annual Market Salary Rate is now in effect for certain employer sponsored nominations.

Our latest article breaks down what changed and what sponsors should review for Subclass 482, 494, 186 and 187 nominations.

Read here:

Australia has changed the annual market salary rate rules for certain employer sponsored nominations. Here is what sponsors need to know in 2026.

16/03/2026

The 2026 change to the Subclass 485 visa is not only the higher application charge.

For international graduates, the bigger issue is that the visa now sits within a tighter set of rules on age, English, timing and stream choice. That leaves less room for error.

Our latest article looks at what changed, what applies now, and what applicants should check before they lodge.

The subclass 485 visa changed in 2026, with a major fee increase and tighter rules on age, English and timing for international graduates.