Map every related party
Record applicants, sponsors, dependants, and employers as related contacts, and gather each person’s history through online intake forms.
Immigration case management, from intake to approval
Fill documents from the matter
Your firm’s templates for submissions, statutory declarations, and cover letters draw on client data you’ve approved, so names and dates aren’t retyped.
Track evidence by requirement
Request documents through the client portal, see what has arrived, and tie each record to the person and application it supports.
Act on each agency notice
Turn acknowledgements, requests for further information, interviews, and hearings into dated tasks and calendar events, then update the client.
Gather the full immigration history before filing anything
One case can turn on a prior application, two spellings of a name, and travel dates across old passports. Online intake forms collect that history before the consultation, and Clio’s legal AI can screen new enquiries for fit. You decide which pathway to pursue.
- Set the form language. Display standard intake fields in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or German.
- Clear conflicts early. Search contacts and matters before the first meeting.
- Book consultations. Each client picks an open slot through online appointment booking.
Fill application documents from the client record
Names, passport numbers, addresses, and travel dates repeat across an application, and one mismatch can raise questions later. Clio fills your firm’s own templates for cover letters, submissions, and statutory declarations from matter fields you’ve approved. You check each document against current Home Affairs requirements before the application is lodged in ImmiAccount.
- Reuse client details. Enter each name and date once.
- Draft the cover letter. Supporting letters begin as drafts prepared from the matter.
- Save the lodged application. Signed documents and the lodgement acknowledgement stay on file.
Assemble evidence for each filing requirement
An application can depend on passports, civil records, tax returns, and support letters from the applicant, sponsor, and employer. Task lists show what each person has sent and what’s outstanding, and clients upload through a portal in English or Spanish. You judge when it’s ready.
- Sort by person. File records under each applicant or sponsor.
- Summarise long records. Clio condenses prior applications for your review.
- Message about gaps. Ask for a missing record in a secure message.
Respond when Home Affairs or the ART acts
A section 56 request for further information shortens the timeline, and a hearing notice reorders the week. Clio’s legal AI can turn a notice into proposed calendar events for you to confirm, while tasks assign the response. You approve every reply.
- Log application references. Custom fields hold TRNs, visa subclasses, and visa expiry dates.
- Update the client. Send an AI-drafted update after your review.
- Prepare for interviews. Notes, evidence, and prior applications sit together.
Start the next filing from the last one
An approved case often leads to more work, such as a permanent visa, the second stage of a partner visa, citizenship, or a family member’s visa. The client’s related contacts and prior applications stay available, so the next case starts from facts you’ve checked. Each matter keeps its own permissions.
- Link family members. Connect a spouse’s or child’s case through related contacts.
- Serve employer clients. Track each employee’s matter under the company contact.
- Bill each stage. Charge fixed fees by application stage.
Protect the records a client’s status depends on
Matter permissions decide who at your firm can open each case, and Clio’s legal AI works only with what that person is allowed to see. Clio never uses client data to train external AI models, and you review every summary, draft, and research result before it’s used. Clio handles personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
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Immigration law software FAQs
What is immigration case management software?
Software for immigration practices keeps each client’s identity, family, and status history together with forms, evidence, agency notices, deadlines, messages, and billing. In Clio, that record also feeds Clio’s legal AI, which summarises applications, drafts supporting documents, and researches Australian immigration law for your review. The same history is there for the next visa or family application. See Clio in action.
How is Clio different from standalone immigration law software?
Clio keeps intake answers, application documents, evidence, agency notices, and billing on the same matter as the client’s related contacts and trust ledger, so the facts behind one application are ready for the next. Clio’s legal AI works within that record and your matter permissions, and your firm approves each draft and summary before it’s used. Get a demo.
Does Clio include immigration form automation?
Yes. Your firm’s own submissions, statutory declarations, cover letters, and checklists can become templates that fill from client and matter fields such as passport numbers, visa subclasses, and visa expiry dates. You review each document and approve the application before it’s lodged in ImmiAccount. Start a free trial.
Can Clio organise evidence from clients and sponsors abroad?
Yes. Clients upload passports, civil records, and financial documents from a phone through the secure portal, which is available in English or Spanish. Task lists show what each applicant, sponsor, or employer has sent and what’s outstanding, and secure messages hold follow-up with the case. Clio can also summarise prior applications and Home Affairs correspondence for your review. See Clio in action.
Does Clio include immigration legal research?
Yes. Ask about eligibility or procedure, and Clio’s legal AI researches the Migration Act 1958 and the Migration Regulations 1994, alongside decisions of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia. It returns cited authority with signals that show whether a decision has been criticised or overruled, and you judge each source before applying it to the client’s case. Get a demo.
Does Clio track Home Affairs deadlines and ART hearings?
Yes. Calendar events, tasks, and reminders track lodgement dates, biometrics appointments, interviews, hearings, response deadlines, review time limits, and visa expiry dates, with the supporting notice saved to the matter. Clio can draft calendar events from a notice for you to confirm. See Clio in action.
Can Clio handle fixed fees and trust accounting for immigration cases?
Yes. Hold a fixed fee in trust and earn it in stages as the application moves forward, billing each completed stage against the client’s trust balance. Set a minimum balance with low-funds alerts, offer payment plans, and reconcile trust records in Clio. Compliance with your state or territory’s trust accounting rules stays with your firm. Start a free trial.
Does Clio replace ImmiAccount?
No. Australian visa applications are lodged and managed through ImmiAccount. Clio manages the legal practice work around the application, including client intake, matter records, supporting evidence, documents, deadlines, communication, and billing. Get a demo.