Recently, Australia`s immigration-related policies have changed, and people have been speculating about what the next move for the goverment will be. One of the bigger possibilities is,
Australia will abolish the existing PR system.
Introducing a new "transitional visa",
To extend the official time to get PR.
Detailed reports can poke an impression on a previous article: (click on the picture)
However, there is an important point in the article. I accidentally missed it when I wrote it, that is,
In the leaked goverment file,
The proposed new visa has an item of "8".
And so far,
Goverment published only the "2" change.
What would be the remaining six reforms?
According to another goverment file
143 parent paid Immigration Visa
Could be the next victim.
143 parents face significant changes in paid immigration visas
Directly to the conclusion-
In the near future, the cost of 143 parents paying for immigration visas is likely to soar by 100%.
From $55000 a person to $110000 a person,
If for both parents, it will cost more than 10 billion yuan, the average family is difficult to bear.
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The reform was proposed by the Productivity Commission-Australian Productivity Commission.
They are a review and advisory body responsible for Australia`s microeconomic policies, regulations and a range of other social and environmental issues.
Every year, very professional guidance is given to the goverment.
To put it bluntly, it is the core think tank of Australia`s goverment.
In April 2016, they submitted a survey report called "Migrant Intake into Australia" to goverment.
In this report, they seriously criticized Australia`s goverment and the state / territory goverment for bringing in new immigrants, but did not take proper measures to resettle the new immigrants.
This has caused many problems in the operation of the goverment in recent years, such as large liabilities, fiscal deficits and the depletion of welfare.
So they made a lot of recommendations on Australia`s immigration policy.
And changing the 143 parents` immigration visa,
Is one of their suggestions.
Why change your parents` immigration visa?
Because,
Parents` visas are a loss of money from the beginning to the end
The Australian Productivity Commission believes that the parents of these immigrants will basically no longer work in Australia, and that they will no longer pay taxes for the Australian goverment.
And they will put a lot of pressure on Australia`s social welfare and health care system.
How much pressure is that?
Australia`s immigrant parents spend A $32 billion a year on admission.
While goverment receives only about 7200 paying parents a year, they contribute 55,000 yuan to just a fraction of the cost of receiving them by goverment.
In the end, goverment will have a net debt of $2.6 billion to $3.2 billion to feed the immigrant`s parents.
So they came to a conclusion-
Parents immigration visa can be retained
But the cost must be doubled!
In addition to raising the cost, the free 103-parent immigrant is also a thorn in their eyes.
They want to sharply reduce the 103-parent immigration visa quota, allowing only special talent to apply for this category.
That`s not a big deal, though, because the number of visas in line is so large, and the immigration service has only 1500 places a year, waiting for at least 15 years or so.
Basically, we still pay 147 parents immigration visa mainly.
Will goverment, Australia, listen to their advice?
There are other proposals for immigration reform in the 731-page proposal of the Australian Productivity Commission. such as
Cancel the employer`s visa and keep only the SOL list
Cancellation of 5 million and 15 million investment migrants
Lowering the age limit for permanent residence visas for skilled immigrants
Assessing the English proficiency of spouses and children
Other suggestions.
Nearly a year has passed since the report was submitted, and no official response has been received from Australia`s goverment.
But on April 4 this year, Australian media reported that,
After a year of studying the Australian Productivity Commission`s recommendations, the goverment will announce a new immigration policy in the near future.
As we all know, Mr. Tan announced the abolition of 457 visas on April 18 and the tightening of immigration policy on 20 April.
The Australian Productivity Council, after all, is a think-tank, and Australia`s goverment cannot fail to consider its recommendations.
epilogue
Again, both the reform of the PR system and the doubling of parental visa fees.
According to the current Australian media,
And from the documents published by the Australian goverment,
No one dares to pat his chest and say it will happen.
But it is now clear that the storm of immigration policy reform in Australia has begun, and no one can predict what will happen next.
All we can do in the media is to put this information on the table, be open and transparent so that we can get a shot ahead of time, so as not to be caught off guard by sudden sentencing in the future.
So brother Impresser`s personal advice is, if you need to, hurry up with 143 parents, because the Australian Immigration Service has a baseline
No change in policy will be affected for those who have submitted it.
For students who are not in a hurry to apply, you can look forward to the 5-year parent visa to be implemented on July 1 this year.
(click on the picture to see it)
However, according to the current development direction of Australia`s goverment, this agreed visa,
I don`t know if I`ll suddenly change my mind again. They`re really scared of it.
