Principal and Registered Migration Agent

Meet Ashwin Tyagi

Welcome to Immigration Hotspot! I am proud to be the Founder and Registered Migration Agent (MARN: 1575846) at Immigration Hotspot, a leading Australian full-service migration firm. I have over 16 years of experience spanning in the migration law industry, international recruitment and management roles in Australia.

Over the years, I have assisted hundreds of clients around the world by providing them with professional immigration advice.  I am extremely privileged to have the opportunity to positively impact on each of my client’s lives, by assisting them and their families migrate to Australia for a better future.

My journey

With eyes full of hope, I arrived as a seventeen-year old in Australia as an international student in 1998. I studied Diploma in Hospitality Management at Blue Mountains Hotel School, Leura and then went on to complete my business degree, jointly conferred by Cornell University and RMIT.

In 2001, I (somehow) made it on the Dean’s list a few times and was selected to do my major at Cornell University, New York, USA. Then 9/11 happened, and my round-the-world trip didn’t. However, I then had the opportunity to complete my major in Marketing & International Finance at RMIT.

Post my graduation in 2002, I was offered a position and was sponsored by my employer in Sydney on the good old work visa SC 457. By now, I had fallen in love with Australia and chose to call it home.

I then worked in various management roles in luxury hotels and in recruitment in Australia & Asia. My passion for people further lead me to the migration law industry. In 2013, realising the talent and skill shortage in Australia, I founded Hotspot People, a boutique recruitment firm. And after completing the graduate Migration Law program at Australian National University, Canberra and becoming a Registered Migration Agent MARN: 1575846, I founded Immigration Hotspot, a full-service migration firm based in Melbourne.

I live in Melbourne with my partner and our two little cheeky monkeys. In my own time I love to serve in helping spread Master Paramhansa Yogananda’s (Autobiography of a Yogi) teachings and spending time in nature gardening or playing the djembe.

Qualifications, Awards & Memberships

  • 2015 – Present: MARA Registered Migration Agent; MARN: 1575846
  • 2023 – Present: President VIC/ TAS Branch, Migration Institute of Australia (MIA)
  • 2023 – Present: National Director, Migration Institute of Australia (MIA)
  • 2021 – 2023: Committee Member (Co-Opted) VIC/TAS – Migration Institute of Australia (MIA)
  • 2016: Finalist – Young Professional of the Year, India Australia Business & Cummunity Alliance (IABCA)
  • Cornell University and Blue Mountains Hotel School (AIHS) Alumni Networks
  • 2015: Graduate Cert. in Migration Law & Practice, Australian National University (ANU)
  • 2002: Bachelor of Business, jointly conferred by Cornell University, USA & RMIT, Australia
  • 2000: Diploma in Hospitality Management, Blue Mountains Hotel School (BMHS), Australia

Areas of Expertise

General Skilled Migration (GSM) – (SC189, SC190, SC491), Skills Assessments, State Nominations, Partner & Family Migration, Complex Schedule 3 Partner Visa Matters, Complex Student Visa matters, Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS), Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS), AAT Reviews, PIC 4020 Submissions.



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Professional Advice

We take the guesswork out of complex Australian immigration matters. We give you expert immigration advice that is accurate and tailored to your individual circumstances. We find the best visa pathway for you, and in case of unexpected changes in law or change in your circumstances, we suggest alternative pathways to help you reach your migration goal.

Highly Personalised Service

You liaise with one expert RMA from start to the end of your application.   Your RMA or dedicated Case Manager guides you every step of the way to keep you on track and ensure your application progresses as fast as possible. Experience the Hotspot difference.

Genuine support

We understand that visa applications are complex and can be very stressful. We spot any mistakes, gaps, issues in your evidences and/or applications and have them sorted. We keep the process as simple as possible for you to give you peace of mind.

Fixed Professional Fees

We operate on a fixed-fee basis and provide you with a clear breakup of all fees from the beginning so that you know all the costs involved. We also provide you with a payment timeline to assist you plan for the application stages financially.

Client Success Stories

Meet Our Team

Registered Migration Agents

Growth & Marketing

Devanshu Khandelwal
Growth Partner
Sumnesh Kalla
Senior Growth Executive

Case Management

Pooja Pokhariyal
Associate Education Counsellor
Catherine Jenifer
Associate Processing Manager
Sumalatha Veerarapu
Associate Processing Manager
Mayank Bisht
Processing Associate

People & Culture

Maneesha Singh
Strategic Advisor - People & Culture
Richa Sharma
Well-Being Coach
Ankita Rawat
Associate People & Culture Manager
Suvidhi Loonker
Management Trainee - People & Culture

Founder’s Office

Vignesh Shanmugam
Excutive Support
Neetu Trivedi
Executive Support
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Our Vision

To be the world’s most service-oriented organization, building the future with love and delivering an unforgettable experience.

Our Core Purpose

At Hotspot Group, we are clear on our core purpose:
“Always serve from the heart, add incredible value and transform lives.”

Community

We may be small business but we are committed to giving back to our local communities. We are in the business of migration and human resources and know that our community, our ‘people’ matter most. We aim to build strong and enduring relationships within our community and are working with community organizations and programs to do our bit. We are currently partnering with not-for-profit organizations to make a small difference to our community.

Sustainability

We are strong believers in sustainability and in our community. Our efforts towards making Immigration Hotspot sustainable are being realized by being responsible in everything we do and never forgetting that even the smallest things can make a great difference – from consuming less paper, by printing both sides and by using multi-purpose products.

How do we do it?

We aim to create a sustainable marketing strategy by developing effective marketing campaigns, exploring eco-friendly possibilities and using responsible resources and practices for our marketing campaigns. We partner with offset printers who are environmentally-certified and carbon neutral in every aspect of their print process, which includes the use of 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper and vegetable inks, which do not produce any toxic sludge.

At our office, we reduce waste, reuse and recycle materials as much as we can. We continuously try to reduce our energy consumption by using smart devices as much as possible. We are constantly looking at ways of improving our impact to the environment and community right down to our Fairtrade chai. We use recycled paper and we recycle every sheet to minimize paper waste. All our business proposals, reports and invoices are delivered online via email, and save as much soft copies of documents as possible to reduce the overall print burden of each client assignment.

You can do your bit too!

Sustainability is always on our minds and we strive to do better through ongoing research and education. To make a difference we act in a responsible way and partner with suppliers who aim to minimize their environmental impact through conscious effort.
Do your bit by partnering with us for your next Australian migration requirement. That’s it. We will help you to automatically contribute to programs we support.

I would like to thank you and agency for making our dream come true. There are no of agents in the market but I doubt anyone is as professional as you guys are.

Ashwin helped us throughout the process and sometimes had gone out of the way to make the process smooth for us.
I highly recommend their services. Earlier when we applied through another agency ***, our application was denied in the first step. After that we found Ashwin who was very positive that we can get grant but were skeptical to believe as had earlier bad experience with previous agent. But we got visa now and it’s all because of our super talented agent. And can’t believe how easy the process seemed with him by our side.
Ashwin really knows what he is doing and he does it with perfection. I could see the perfection in his work while filling our forms, any mistake we did in filling form80 he would come back to us ,which showed how minutely he was going through each and every detail.
It’s total value for money infact more than that.
Thank you soooo much Ashwin.

Arushi Bhatt & Alok Kukreti – Director of Operations, Thailand 

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    Immigration Hotspot is a leading Australian full-service migration and recruitment firm. Having assisted applicants from over 22 countries with their migration to Australia, we are ideally placed to assist you.

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