About Way Group

Eight years of getting people through this

Way Group is a migration practice in Melbourne. We are small on purpose: you will know the name of the person handling your file, and you will not be passed around.

We work in English, Portuguese and Spanish, with people applying from inside Australia and from overseas.

Fernanda Maia and the Way Group team at a table

Our Mission

To make Australian migration accessible, transparent, and human.



Our Vision

To be the most trusted migration partner for the Brazilian community in Australia.

How we got here

From student visas to migration law

Fernanda Maia started helping international students with their visas in 2018, and went on to qualify as a QEAC registered education agent. What began as helping a few people navigate their applications became the thing she did full time.

In 2020 she founded Education Way, with one idea behind it: go further than students were used to being taken. Not just an enrolment, but the whole arrival.

The migration questions kept coming, and answering them properly meant being qualified to answer them. In 2023 she completed the Graduate Diploma of Migration Law at Australian Catholic University, passed the Capstone assessment, and registered as a migration agent, MARN 2418447.

Way Group is where that work happens now. Education Way still handles course placement and enrolment. Keeping them separate is deliberate, because only a registered migration agent can give you immigration assistance, and you should always know which one you are talking to.

Who you will be working with

The team

Fernanda Maia, Registered Migration Agent

Fernanda Maia

Registered Migration Agent

MARN 2418447

Marina Palacio, Case Manager

Marina Palacio

Case Manager

Valentina Setubal, Senior Case Manager

Valentina Setubal

Senior Case Manager

Gabriele Figueiredo, Case Manager

Gabriele Figueiredo

Case Manager

Registered and accredited

Who we answer to

Migration advice in Australia is regulated, and so it should be. These are the bodies we are registered and accredited with, and every one of them can be checked.

Way Group, migration
MARA registration mark

Registered Migration Agent, MARN 2418447

mara.gov.au

Migration Alliance mark

Member of Migration Alliance

migrationalliance.com.au

Migration Institute of Australia mark

Member of the Migration Institute of Australia

mia.org.au

Fernanda's qualifications
Graduate Diploma of Migration Law mark

Graduate Diploma of Migration Law

ACU, 2023

QEAC certification mark

QEAC, Qualified Education Agent Counsellor

#09087

ICEF Academy mark

ICEF Academy

icef.com

PIER Australia Specialist mark

PIER Australia Specialist, ICEF Certified

QEAC #09087

What our clients say

In our clients' words

Ready when you are

Start with a consultation

Forty-five minutes, and you will leave knowing which pathway fits and whether you are eligible. If we are not the right people for your situation, we will tell you that instead.