Australia's goverment again tightens immigration policy! This time, goverment went after her parents and immigrants!
According to media reports, Centrelink this time quietly changed parents immigration financial guarantee requirements! After the immigration application, not only more stringent requirements, application costs also skyrocketed! It's been extended to three years!
The new policy has come into effect, and all friends who have not yet submitted to AoS after April 1 may be affected!
In order to give you an authoritative and accurate report, interviewed NewStars education immigration experts, and for everyone to bring the latest report!
What has changed with Australian parents emigrating?
Australia's goverment quietly announced the latest Social Security (Assurances of Support) Determination 2018 on March 26, which came into effect on April 1, 2018.
The parents' immigration policy change involves two main points: one is the income requirement, which has increased substantially, nearly doubled, and even if the spouse does not guarantee together, the additional costs (not previously needed) need to be counted. In addition, the number of years to meet income requirements, from the previous 2 years to 3 years.
In order to facilitate you, this article uses our commonly used QA situation writing, but also welcome to have any other questions of children's shoes consulting NewStars educational immigration agents.
Q1: when will the new rules be implemented? Will parents immigration applicants who have already submitted will be affected?
A1: according to the latest phone call from the Welfare Department this morning, our NewStars educational immigrants have confirmed that the new regulations will affect all AoS applications submitted after April 1, and that AoS applications submitted before April 1 will still be processed in accordance with the old rules.
We all know that the AoS is not an application that needs to be made when parents emigrate, it is a time of decision application request, and it is often soon to be heard before the Migration Board will ask you to do it. That means that all applications for paying parents to emigrate, all of which have not yet been filed by April 1 for AoS, follow current standards.
According to the progress of the Immigration Board's hearing, parents have now notified applicants who apply abroad to do AoS replenishment by April 20, 2015, domestic applications have been processed until October 27, 2016 to do AoS replenishment, and domestic applications have been transferred from 173 to 143, Or 884 to 864 applicants who have notified applicants by March 17, 2017 to do AoS replenishment.
Most applicants are paying parents to emigrate, meaning that applications filed after April 20, 2015 will require a new AoS requirement.
Q2: what is an economic guarantor? What are the specific requirements for the guarantor's income under the new regulations and how to calculate them?
A2: we mentioned earlier that when we heard your case, the visa officer would require the presentation of the AoS financial guarantee, which needs to be provided by the financial guarantor.
The financial guarantor must be an adult, and then he must also be an Australian resident (including Citizen, an Australian citizen, and PR);, Australia's permanent residence). An economic guarantor can only guarantee up to two adults at the same time, and there is no limit on the number of guaranteed children. Up to three people provide financial guarantees at the same time.
With regard to the income of economic guarantors under the new provisions, there is a specific formula for calculating:
Financial guarantor income requirement = Income cut-off amount x (Economic guarantee the spouse of the guarantor (whether or not participating in the guarantee) adult secured number) 10% NSA Income cut-off amount for a single person with dependent children as at 1 July in Number of minor children of the each financial year x (financial guarantor (minor children of the guarantor).
Note：
1. Income cut-off amount is calculated as "single, with children."
2. For specific income requirements and algorithms, see Q4
3, can have up to 3 financial guarantors, at the same time can guarantee a maximum of two adults
4. The applicant does not include children under 18 years of age.
5. The income required to be heard in the fiscal year, as well as in the last two fiscal years, has met the requirements.
I now list the income requirements of several common forms of security. Of course, we can also go directly to the website of the Welfare Department to enter the relevant figures and will calculate them directly:
A, single person, I as guarantor to guarantee the parents, the income requirement will be 57737.68 Australian dollars
B, single person, I as guarantor to guarantee both parents, the income requirement will be 86606.52 Australian dollars
C, with a spouse, I, as a guarantor, will guarantee the parent's side, and my income requirement will be 86606.52 Australian dollars.
D, with a spouse, together with the spouse as a guarantor to guarantee the parent, I plus the spouse's income requirement will be 86606.52 Australian dollars
E, have a spouse, I as guarantor guarantee both parents, my income requirement will be 115475.36 Australian dollars
F, having a spouse, I and my spouse together as guarantors to guarantee both parents, I plus the spouse's income requirement will be 115475.36 Australian dollars
G, a single person, I, as a guarantor, guarantee that the parents plus a younger brother or sister under the age of 18 (under the age of 18 at the time of the hearing), the income requirement will be 60624.58 Australian dollars
H, single person, I as guarantor guarantee that both parents add a younger brother or sister under the age of 18 (under the age of 18 at the time of hearing), and the income requirement will be 89493.42 Australian dollars
I, having a spouse, I guarantee as guarantor that the parent plus a younger brother or sister under the age of 18 (less than 18 years of age at the time of the trial), my income requirement will be 89493.42 Australian dollars
J, if there is a spouse, I and my spouse together as guarantors guarantee that the parent plus a younger brother or sister under the age of 18 (under the age of 18 at the time of the hearing), the income requirement of the spouse will be 89493.42 Australian dollars
K, a single person, I, as a guarantor, guarantee that the parents plus a younger brother or sister over the age of 18 (over the age of 18 at the time of the hearing), the income requirement will be 86606.52 Australian dollars
If there is a spouse, I, as guarantor, guarantee that the parent plus a younger brother or sister over the age of 18 (at the time of the hearing), my income requirement will be 115475.36 Australian dollars
In the case of both spouses, in order to guarantee the parents of each other, one person can guarantee up to two persons, and two copies of the AoS, are required to provide the income of each person in the amount of 115475.36 Australian dollars. Two people need up to 230950.72 Australian dollars! two hundred and thirty thousand Australian dollars!
In addition, I would like to emphasize that if the younger brother and sister are brought to trial over the age of 18, they will be calculated according to the 28868.84 requirement, and a copy of the AoS can only guarantee up to two adults. In the case of both parents and a younger brother and sister, it means that two AoS, applications will have to be made and each AoS application will have to meet the requirements.
Q3: is there a change in the second payment for paying parents? Whether it is possible to change the relevant regulations later also affects the existing applicants.
A3: no change, this second phase contribution is still a person 43600 Australian dollars, if the younger brother and sister at the time of application is less than 18 years of age, the second payment is still 2095 Australian dollars.
The Immigration Service's regulations on visa application fees are based on immigration law, which is very clear, and the visa fees are confirmed at the time of visa submission (Schedule 1), so you need to pay the visa fee, including a visa application fee. The second phase of the donation is confirmed at the time of submission of the application and will not be changed. Even a subsequent increase in the price will only affect the application submitted later.
The screenshots provided for in the immigration law are as follows:
The biggest difference between the AoS and the second contribution itself is that the requirement for it is not determined at the time of submission, but only at the time of the hearing, and that it is not administered by the Immigration Service, but rather by the Welfare Department.
Q4: when exactly did I need my income to meet the requirements? Do you want to start getting ready right away? What application should be submitted at that time?
A4: the income requirement now is when you submit your AoS application when the revenue is in the fiscal year, and the revenue in the last two fiscal years should meet the requirements. We calculate on the basis of the nearly three-year trial cycle in which our parents emigrated.
In the case of an application submitted in May 2015 (assuming that it is processed before June 30, 2018), the revenue for the current fiscal year (from July 2017 to the present) is required, plus the fiscal year 2016 / 2017 (2016.1 / 2017 / June 30), The 2015 / 2016 fiscal year (July 1 / 2010 / 6 / 30) met the requirements, basically at the time of submission or at the beginning of the next fiscal year.
In the case of applications submitted now, in three years' terms, the basic requirement of 2020 / 2021 will be heard by the end of 2020 or the beginning of 2021, for the fiscal year 2020 / 2021. Plus revenue for fiscal year 2019 / 2020 and fiscal year 2018 / 2019 (that is, starting from July 1 this year, we need to prepare corresponding income to meet the requirements)
Income may include the following income
- Taxable income, taxable income
- Target foreign income, overseas revenue
- Tax free benefit or pension, benefits and pensions
- Adjusted fringe benefits total, benefit
- Tax-free salary received during overseas deployment as a member of the Australian Defence Force or Australian Federal Police, 's tax-free income as an Australian Defense Department or Federal Police Department abroad
Income requirements may provide the following materials:
- Income up to the current fiscal year: when the payroll or the employer's certificate, the employer's contract or the financial statements of the current year (the Welfare Department has the authority to require proof of the relevant payment)
- Revenue from the previous two fiscal years: official Notice of Assessment documents issued by the IRS ATO
- If the taxable income shown by the Notice of Assessmen does not meet the requirements, any other tax-free income mentioned above can be added to it to provide proof.
If the guarantor has not filed a tax refund application for the previous fiscal year, the employer is required to provide a certification letter, including the start time of the employment, the employment contract and the employee's taxable income. Applicants for their own business need to provide accounting letters, as well as Notice of Asssessment documents from ATO for the previous fiscal yea
Q5: for applications that have been submitted, what if the current income does not meet the requirements?
A5:AoS is one of the necessary conditions for paying parents to sign immigration, and if you don't get the AoS, you can't get a paid parent immigration visa. One can guarantee that the other can apply for a spouse migration after 5 years of parental immigration. If the old husband and wife have this, they can now get a spouse immigration visa within one year.
For applicants who have already submitted, students who have not been tried have, after all, still have a longer trial cycle, so they can wait and wait. At the same time, if their income or the income of the guarantor is not much lower than the requirement, they can add up a little more. For example, report the income of personal Part time (purchasing agents, tour guides, translators, etc.) as a taxable income..
If both parents of the guarantor do not meet the requirements but meet the requirements of the guarantor, you may consider removing an applicant and the application is not available for finalize, at any time (but it is not recommended to proceed immediately). There is also the possibility of finding other guarantors who meet the requirements of the AoS application, as long as the Australian PR or Citizen, does not currently provide AoS guarantees to more than two persons, the revenue meets the corresponding requirements.
Q6: what happens next? What Happens Next?
A6: federal laws allow ministers to change reforms directly through the corresponding Legislative instrument, but the Legislative instrument will eventually need to be discussed and passed by the table in Parliament.
Do you remember the Legislative instrument on Section 4020 of falsification introduced by the Immigration Board in November last year? At that time, it was almost immediately implemented, but because of more opposition in Parliament, it was not passed and no longer implemented.
The law requires all Legislative instrument to be submitted to Parliament within six days of the start of the next session of Parliament after registration, and will automatically expire if it is not submitted to Parliament within the corresponding time limit or if it is submitted to Parliament by Disallow! The next session of Parliament, Sitting date, is next month 8 (May 8, 2018).
Next year is the federal election year, and the Liberal Party has 30 consecutive polls showing a lower approval rating than Labour, and if Labour comes to power, the corresponding unpopular rules could change.
Q7: what are the annual quotas for parents and paying parents now? How's the trial going?
A7: the quota for waiting for parents to emigrate in the fiscal year is 1500, and the latest trial is scheduled for September 2009, but the expected waiting time for new applications is about 25-30 years.
The quota for paying parents to emigrate this year is 7175. Now in April 2015, the trial cycle has been nearly three years, and in 2016 it was almost two years or so, but as a result of the temporary closure of parents' immigrants in 2014, new applications for more paid parent immigrants were added from May to September 2014. The progress of the hearing slowed down.
Applicants who meet the relevant requirements may still consider submitting a queue first. At the beginning, the main payment is a visa application fee. If the AoS does not meet the requirements, the Immigration Board will not allow you to pay the second major fee. It is still possible that there will be a big change in the past three years.
Q8: can I bring my younger brother or sister to my parents as parents emigrate?
A 8: yes, but there are certain restrictions, in addition to the corresponding costs.
Generally, if your younger brother and sister are under 18 years of age, as a dependent child, you can take it directly to apply, visa application fee is 625 Australian dollars, second payment is only 2095 Australian dollars, and as I said before, This 2095 Australian dollar is calculated on the basis of your age at the time of submission, not the age to be heard!
If your younger brother and sister are over 18 years old, they may also take them to apply with them, but one of them needs to prove that your parents are still dependent on (usually still in school, providing evidence of their parents' payment of tuition fees). The other thing is that you can't be more than 23 years old when you sign (this is the new rule of the Immigration Act that came into effect on November 19, 2016)!
According to the current progress of the trial, it means that your brother and sister, even if they are still in school, dependent on your parents, if they are over 20-and-a-half years old, they are likely to be over 23 years of age and cannot be signed by the time they reach the age of 20-and-a-half. Of course, if you want to try to submit the children's shoes, you can also submit the first application as a sub-application for an additional 1245 Australian dollars (over 18 years of age) application fee.
Q9: can you tell us the full cost details of the 143-paying parents emigration?
A9: for one-step 143 paid parent immigrants, the main costs consist of the following three parts:
- The first stage is a visa application fee, the principal applicant is 3770 Australian dollars, the deputy applicant is 1270 Australian dollars per person (over 18 years old), the deputy applicant is under 18 years of age is 640 Australian dollars.
- Second, the second phase of the donation (until the time of trial), the current price of over 18 years of age is 43600 Australian dollars, under the age of 18 (at the time of application) is 2095 Australian dollars.
- Third, bank deposits (which need to be arranged at the time of trial). When acting as guarantors, each applicant over the age of 18 years needs to be given a security deposit, and if a person is guaranteed, it is 10,000 Australian dollars. If the parents receive Australian benefits within 10 years, they need to be deducted from the deposit. After April 1, 2019 (not 2018 next year), It takes 10,005 for one person and 10,005 for two.
Q10: do parents have to be abroad when applying for parents to emigrate? Is there a bridging visa? at the time of submission of the application if it is in the territory?
A 10: not necessarily, depending on the situation. The average parent immigrant has a common and paid, and below this is divided into the elderly and non-elderly, old words refers to the parents hit the retirement age in Australia, the retirement age from July 1 this year in Australia is 65 and a half years old. If it is an elderly parent immigration visa (whether paid or queued), can be submitted in Australia, after which there will be bridging visa.
In the case of non-elderly parents who emigrate (103,143 visas), they can be submitted either inside or outside the country, where there is no bridging visa. If you want to come to Australia before the visa has been approved, you need to apply for a family visit visa alone.
The only thing that needs to be mentioned is that an individual parent may have a three-year visit visa, which contains a restriction of 8503 No Further Stay. In such cases, if a parent visa is to be submitted, it is generally necessary to leave the country to submit it. After submission, you can normally hold a family visit visa. 103 and 143 approvals require applicants to be outside the country.
Q11: is there anything else to notice when parents apply for immigration?
A11: parents and immigrants now have a long trial cycle, and there are generally several points of attention after submission. One is that they cannot leave Australia for a long time. The immigration law clearly stipulates that children who act as guarantees settle in Australia except at the time of submission. During the trial, you should also continue to settle in Australia. The concept of settlement generally means that you usually leave the country for no more than three months a year. Of course, if you return to China, you are also doing something closely related to Australia (for example, the Australian company is stationed in China, etc.). This is a possible exception.
In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to their own mailbox and hearing progress in time, generally to understand the progress of the hearing, you can send any email title to the immigration office below: "WA Parents" < [email protected] >; Immigration will soon automatically reply to the latest progress of the trial. Two to three months before the visa is processed, the Immigration Service will contact you to prepare additional materials, such as no criminal record, medical examination, AoS, etc.
