In early 2020, the sudden outbreak of the new crown swept the world, all countries were unprepared. Similarly, the epidemic has affected Australia, where immigration quotas have been delayed in the new year and most immigration trials have stalled.
For those who plan to emigrate or study in Australia, will your immigration program change with the outbreak of this overseas epidemic? Does the epidemic have an impact on the study of immigrants after a period of time?
To understand this, let's first analyze the significance of immigration to Australia.
Immigration began to make a significant contribution to Australia's economic prosperity, national well-being and social cohesion. Australia, like many developed countries, has a very low birth rate and more families are reluctant to have children. government in order to encourage more children, a lot of benefits for newborns, in addition to milk and other subsidies, nursery government up to 90. But even so, only three of Australia's 10 new babies are newly born and the rest are immigrants.
Australia is a typical immigrant country, with the exception of a small number of indigenous people, almost everyone is an immigrant or immigrant descendant.
Australian government attach great importance to immigration, an average of 200000 new immigrants a year, there are many types of immigrants: family reunification, spouse immigration, skilled immigration, business immigration and so on.
Australia's slow pace of life, good welfare, pleasant natural scenery, high level of national health care, education, very good security, and so on, attracted people from all over the world willing to choose Australia to settle ,'s many cities are the most livable, attracting the highest proportion of immigrants, followed by China and India.
Since 2008, Australia's immigration threshold has been rising, as long as you read a chef in Australia can apply for a green card, now very difficult. Australia is not government too many cuts to immigration, but more and more people apply for immigration.
At the beginning of 2020, the new crown epidemic swept the world, Australia can not avoid, although compared with many countries, Australia's epidemic prevention work has done very well, but still greatly affected, especially in the economic.
In March, Australia closed the border, many foreign students and business people can not come back to Australia to work and study, even many people living abroad have not come back, there are statistical records of foreign students stranded more than 300,000. Many schools choose to teach online classes.
Australia has lost the spending power of more than 300,000 people, and the economic blow to the epidemic is a heavy blow, so the affected industries are: rental, catering, entertainment and other aspects.
According to the latest data, tourism in Australia shrank by 87 percent in April and May 2020, losing A $11.8 billion. Many tourism-related companies have declared bankruptcy. The well-known online travel platform in the Chinese go itrip" has not escaped bankruptcy, before the retaliatory consumption of the Australian people after lifting the ban.
When the epidemic hit Australia economic again, economics family accused Australia of having nothing to do with the migration base, if the immigration population decline will have a fatal impact on economic.
Australia's prime minister forecasts that the total number of immigrants will fall by about 70% by 2020-2021. Many immigration experts predict that it will be easier to apply for immigration in the next two years. government will relax the immigration threshold to ensure the number of immigrants.
Some friends apply for spouse immigration for their partner, which took more than two years, and this time less than three months to get a green card.
The 485 graduate visa is for overseas students to stay 2 years after graduation work, previously need applicant IELTS 4 6, there are other requirements for graduates, but now do not need IELTS scores, before in order to control the number of requirements are not now.
Colleges are also competing for students, government in order to encourage foreign students, there are now a lot of subsidies, students can also apply.
government added that the number of business immigrants will increase to stimulate Australian economic, to increase Australian jobs.
The outbreak government economic a serious deficit and wants more money to activate Australia's economic market.
So much to sum up: because the epidemic has created economic employment in Australia, and because Australia has a declining birth rate, Australia government regards immigration as an essential means of stimulating economic. Therefore, in the next year, if you have a plan to emigrate to Australia, it should be easier than before. So, seize the opportunity to prepare ahead of time, if there is a plan to emigrate, the preparation must be prepared as soon as possible, the opportunity does not wait for people!
