Peter Kuek-Kong Lee
Lawyer and Head of Migration Services
Qualifications:
• LLB (Hons) (University of Canberra)
• LLM (Legal Practice) with Merit (Australian National University)
• Registered migration agent (MARN 0427478)
Contact Details:
• Brisbane | 61 7 3229 6099
• Gold Coast | 61 7 5597 8888
• plee@mslawyers.com.au
- Areas of Expertise
- Experience
- Affiliations & Memberships
- Personal & Community
Expertise:
- Migration law
- Visa assistance and cancellations
- Skilled migration
- Business migration
Languages:
- Chinese
- Conversational Malay
- Conversational Indonesian
Peter Kuek-Kong Lee has specialist expertise in migration that has stemmed from more than 24 years as a professional Immigration Officer in the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). During his time in DIAC (1979-2003), he worked in their operational, policy and secretariat areas, gaining good insights in how the department functioned. He has had six overseas postings with the department, completing service in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China and USA. He served as the head of the Immigration Section in his last five postings with DIAC. His last posting was to Shanghai from 1999-2002. While still with the department, he was awarded the department's 1991 Australia Day Medallion.
Since resigning from the Immigration Department in 2003, Peter worked as a specialist migration lawyer and has represented many clients successfully in the Department of Immigration and in the Migration Review Tribunal. Peter’s background makes him a key figure in the Asian business services department.
• Queensland Law Society
Peter has also previously worked as a volunteer Solicitor with the Legal Advice Bureau of the ACT Law Society, and with Welfare Rights and Legal Centre in Canberra.