Hi guys, this may not be the right forum for it and I apologise in advance if it is not.

My father works with a recent migrant from Colombia, he has a 20 year old nephew that is playing regular first team top flight football in Venezuela. He wants his nephew to come over and play A-League and I've been charged with providing advice on how to make it happen.

So far I've recommended that he get here and knock on as many doors as possible for trials and explained foreign player restrictions and salary caps. Do you think it would be worth he getting a local agent to do that legwork for him, or wait until the time comes if/when a club shows some interest and then get representation?

Should he also approach state league clubs, or focus firmly on the HAL to begin with and then move down if no one wants to go for him yet?

I have no idea how good or bad the Venezuelan league is, what sort of player he is or even what his name or who he plays for yet, but any other actions they can look at that I haven't thought of yet?