Hu Immigration Attorneys is a Sydney-based law firm focused exclusively on Australian immigration matters. We specialise in complex matters — partner visa Schedule 3 waivers; character submissions before the Visa Applicant Character Consideration Unit (VACCU), including visa refusals and cancellations on character grounds under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958; Ministerial Intervention requests under sections 351 and 48B; immigration detention reviews; Administrative Review Tribunal applications; judicial review proceedings; Public Interest Criterion 4020 (PIC 4020) disclosures; and section 57 responses to adverse information notices.

Hu Immigration Attorneys is led by Xiangyue (Maple) Hu, Managing Principal and founder. Every matter the firm accepts is drafted by her personally.

Xiangyue (Maple) Hu — Principal/Solicitor Director

Maple Hu is the Managing Principal and founder of Hu Immigration Attorneys. She holds a Juris Doctor from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Laws from a top-tier Chinese university (985-Project). She was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and of the High Court of Australia in 2020, and has practised exclusively in Australian immigration law since.

Her practice concentrates on the harder end of Australian migration law. Core casework includes partner visa Schedule 3 waivers; character submissions before the Visa Applicant Character Consideration Unit (VACCU) covering visa refusals and cancellations on character grounds under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958; Ministerial Intervention requests under sections 351 and 48B; immigration detention reviews; and Administrative Review Tribunal proceedings. Adjacent matters include section 57 responses to adverse information notices; Public Interest Criterion 4020 (PIC 4020) submissions on bogus document or false information allegations; visa cancellation responses including Notice of Intention to Consider Cancellation (NOICC); complex partner visa applications (including those involving family violence); complex visitor visa applications; and judicial review proceedings. Maple is fluent in English and Mandarin. Every matter that the firm accepts is drafted by her personally.