International Students Legal Service

Free Legal Help for International Students in NSW

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Employment

This page has information to help you with work issues like underpayment, non-payment, bullying, workplace injury, and termination. It includes advice for full-time, part-time, casual, and contract workers.

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Housing

This page provides help with housing issues, including getting your bond back, rent increases, evictions, and leaving belongings behind. It has information for students in university housing, tenants and subtenants in private rentals, and people in boarding houses.

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Complaints and Disputes with Colleges or Universities

This page explains what to do if your education provider cancels your enrollment, if you want to defer your studies, if you have issues with your education agent, if you wish to change providers, or if you need help seeking a refund.

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Sexual Assault and Harassment

This page offers guidance if you have experienced or witnessed sexual assault or harassment, including at work or in a college or university setting.

Redfern Legal Centre's International Student Legal Service NSW provides free, confidential legal advice for international students studying in New South Wales.

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Our service is independent of the government and education providers.

We can help with issues like employment disputes, problems with colleges or universities, sexual assault and harassment, employment and housing issues.

If you need more information or have other questions, please contact us for assistance.

How to contact us

LEGAL ENQUIRY Form call 02 9698 7645

If you need an interpreter, call us using the free Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450.

If we are able to advise you, we will arrange for a solicitor to call you back. If we are not able to assist you we may refer you to other services and resources, including those listed below.