Since March last year, Australia has announced a number of immigration tightening policies, so that countless overseas people and studying in Australia, migrant workers dream broken. Into 2018, this trend is not showing signs of improvement, and some even believe that 2018 will still be a bumpy time to emigrate. Behind this is a major immigration reform planned by Australia's goverment.
In the past year, the Australian Immigration Service (now the Ministry of Home Affairs) announced a series of new immigration policies, including the abolition of the "457 employer-guaranteed" category of immigrants, the slashing of the immigration profession and the replacement of a new TSS (Temporary Skill Shortage) temporary work visa; It is proposed to significantly raise the threshold for naturalization, extend the waiting period for naturalization and improve the English language requirements, and extend the prosecution period to 10 years for applicants for false materials. At the same time, a number of professional invitations for independent skilled immigrants have stalled, and many graduates who have submitted visa applications have been unable to be invited. Both hot and non-hot majors, the unprecedented quota shortage has left many of them feeling hopeless.
Among the many interviewees, applicants generally believe that the difficulties and costs of emigrating to Australia are increasing in the current situation.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) and Interior Minister Peter Darden (right)
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (Malcolm Turnbull) said in a statement earlier that the Australian goverment had made these decisions to ensure Australia's national interests and allow those to share Australian values. People who respect Australian law and want to work hard and integrate into Australian society remain in Australia. On the other hand, it is also to ensure that its citizens are given priority in employment, on the principle that Australia and Australians should be given priority.
According to official figures, the total quota for Australian immigrants in fiscal year 2017 / 18 was 190000, the same level as the previous year. Among them, the quota of skilled immigrants is 128, 550, accounting for 68.9% of the total. The quota has not been reduced, but the visa has been delayed. What medicine does the immigration bureau sell in the gourd?
ABC National Radio Immigration Policy adviser Dong Niri (Sean Dong) said immigration quotas (Occupation Ceiling) refers to the maximum quota, according to Australia's letter as the president of the overseas emigration group and (Sean Dong), a national radio immigration policy adviser at Australia. Many of the most popular jobs in the past year will run out of quotas, but the Immigration Service is not obligated to use up the quotas and will not promise to use them for the fiscal year. "they need to give themselves a room to operate without blocking their own roads."
According to Dong Nairui, according to a leaked confidential cabinet document at the end of 2016, the Australian Immigration Office is secretly planning a visa reform, the fourth of which is to discuss the establishment of a "transitional visa system" (Provisional Visa System), Then the temporary visa (TR)-transition visa (Provisional)-permanent residence visa (PR)-citizen (Citizens) four-step migration path.
Dong Nai-shun is the president of the Immigration Group and an expert in immigration law.
Dong said the system is simply a shortcut from a temporary visa (TR) to a permanent residence visa (PR). After being invited, applicants will first be granted a transition visa, a bit like a "quasi-PR", which allows them to live in Australia on a permanent basis without the benefit of permanent residents to reduce fiscal spending. "We can understand that the USCIS wants to use the transition visa (Provisional Visa) to assess whether the applicant has contributed to the Australian community and leaves Australia as soon as he has taken the status. Judging from all the information available to us, the transition visa is on the agenda, and it is almost certain that the goverment has made up its mind to implement it. "
Earlier, Interior Secretary Peter Darden (Peter Dutton) also said he hopes to follow the example of the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries, with a formal assessment period to determine whether the applicant really wants to live in Australia permanently.
It is reported that the implementation of transitional visa needs to change the law, but also through a number of procedures. Dong Nailui admitted that the chance of landing before July was very slim. Although 55 percent are opposed to full use of the transitional visa system, the Immigration Service says many are based on their "personal experience", and most agree that a two-year transition is justified. In this way, it may be only a matter of time before the Immigration Service introduces a transitional visa.
Dong Nailui also pointed out that Australia's immigration policy has always been loose and tight according to past experience and is now in a tight adjustment state. Once some of the remaining problems are resolved, it may open the door again to attract more skilled people.
For many who are waiting or preparing to apply for immigration to Australia, experts advise not to despair about changes in policy, but to take the initiative to respond to the changes and develop migration programmes that suit them. Or find alternatives before the new policy.
