Immigration Secretary Kevin Bowen has announced that he will extend the duration of travel visas for Australian citizens and permanent residents by the end of the year and the maximum length of stay for each entry. Among them, overseas applicants with permanent residence visas will be granted a five-year stay-in-residence visa for 12 months each time they enter the country. Parents who do not apply for permanent residence may also be granted a three-year tourist visa.
For the vast majority of Chinese immigrants to Australia, this new policy is undoubtedly an important advantage. Since then, it will be easier for parents to reunite with their children in Australia, and it has even been argued that extended travel visas make paying parents` immigration applications no longer necessary. Study abroad family visit visa relaxed in Australia
Immigration Secretary Bowen`s recently announced changes to parents` travel visas for Australian citizens and permanent residents have made it much easier for parents to visit their families in Australia. Currently in place, parental travel visas provide only one-off entry and exit opportunities, usually for three to six months in Australia and, in exceptional cases, 12 months of approval.
According to an Australian immigration expert, if parents have been to Australia with a tourist visa before and do not have a bad record of staying out of the country, they could get a 12-month visa for a second visit. This "possibility" depends on the fact that the child here is an only child and does need parental care (for example, a daughter needs a mother when she is pregnant. Or very sick, etc.) In addition, if there are some very moving reasons, the first 12-month visa is not ruled out.
Under the new policy, the tourist visa will not only extend the validity period to 3 years, but also can enter and leave the country many times, and the single stay time can be up to 12 months. For parents who have applied to emigrate and are in line, the validity period is up to 5 years. In addition, most people do not care about the provision that they must leave the country once a 12-month stay. "they were supposed to return to their country once a year, too." The biggest benefit of the extended visa is the convenience for parents to come to Australia to take care of their children and take care of their grandchildren. In addition to being more focused on their work, parents can also feel the life of Australia in an all-round way. Cindy, who has already applied for a queued immigration visa for her parents, had intended to wait until his parents retired in China before considering paying for immigrants. After hearing about the expected new policy, Cindy was pleased to say: "this is the first time to bring your parents in for a while, so they can know if Australia is right for them." Australian experts also summed up the benefits of new tourist visas to Australian society, such as boosting consumption, easing the pressure on childcare institutions to understaffed, and allowing goverment to be better evaluated.
