Our Team

Antonette Aquino – Principal / Education Counsellor, Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand,
Member of National Tax and Accountants’ Association

Antonette is the owner of Aus Study & Migration Specialists. Once a former international student in Australia, Antonette knows the feeling of applying for a Student visa in Australia.

Antonette came to Australia in 2007 to study Bachelor of Business, Major in Accounting and Finance at the University of Technology, Sydney. In addition, Antonette has her own accounting practice and also provides discounts to Filipino students in Australia.

Presently, Antonette is an Australian citizen with three children. She enjoys cooking and watching movies with her children.
Reynaldo (Rey) Aquino – Migration Lawyer, Queensland Law Society (94739), MARA (1279638),
Member of Asian Australian Lawyers Association, Member of Migration Institute of Australia, Member of Migration Alliance

Rey has been practising migration law since 2012 as he was registered with the Office of Migration Agents and Registration Authority in the same year. After studying Bachelor of Laws at the University of Southern Queensland in 2019, Rey was admitted as a Solicitor (or Lawyer) in the State of Queensland, Australia and he is specializing in migration law.

Rey came to Australia in 2000 to study Bachelor of Business, Major in Accounting and Sub-majors in Marketing and Business Law at the University of Technology, Sydney. This became Rey’s pathway to permanent residency and citizenship in Australia.

However, Rey’s path to Australian citizenship was not smooth. In 1998, Rey’s family applied for Business Visa in Australia as they were hoping to be migrate from the Philippines. Due to lack of guidance, Rey’s mother met an unregistered agent in Sydney to assist in submitting the Business visa application. The Business visa application was refused and Rey’s family lost a significant amount of money throughout the visa application.

Luckily, Rey’s father met a migration lawyer in Canberra and advised that Rey’s best pathway in Australia is to study Accounting. As a result, Rey undertook the Bachelor of Business (Major in Accounting) at the University of Technology Sydney. Then, the rest is history.

Presently, Rey is passionate about migration law as he does not want other people to experience what his family experienced in 1998. In Rey’s spare time, he enjoys watching and playing basketball with his children. Rey also enjoys the beauty of Sunshine Coast, Queensland where he is living with his family.