ANNALEEN VAN DER WESTHUYZEN
Director

Migration Agents Registration Number #9683058
Member Migration Institute #545

Annaleen joined Hitchcock & Associates in July 1994, after migrating to Australia with her family in October 1993.  She is one of the firm’s Registered Migration Agents and after serving as a Senior Consultant, was appointed as a Director in April 2001.

In her role as a senior consultant,  Annaleen consults across all visa classes including but not limited to both permanent and temporary in business entry, family reunion, resident return,  student and visitor.  She is a highly regarded consultant with extensive industry experience across a broad range of visa classes with a focus on temporary and permanent employer sponsored visas.

Annaleen is primarily responsible for managing the majority of corporate work undertaken by the firm.  In addition she supervises and mentors trainee consultants employed by Hitchcock & Associates to Registered Migration Agent level and beyond.

Annaleen was born and educated in South Africa.  After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree with majors in Law and Political Science and working in the Legal Department of Mobil Oil Southern Africa in Cape Town, she interrupted her career to start a family and then subsequently migrated to Australia in 1993. 

Apart from being a keen bushwalker and sailor, Annaleen also enjoys the arts, music and horseback riding. She sustains an interest in social and political affairs and has ambitions of becoming more deeply involved in her local community, when time will allow.