Yesterday, the Senate passed the Immigration Amendment (Family violence and other measures) Act 2016, (Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016, which provides for the creation of new visa categories, according to the Ministry of the Interior's website. Allows parents to visit their families in Australia for up to five years.
Immigrants, citizen and multicultural affairs minister Kao Min (David Coleman) said the new visa showed government's sense of responsibility to the immigrant community. "the new visa will help reunite family members and will provide a new way for parents and grandparents to visit their families in Australia. This will bring significant social benefits to the Australian community. "
"it is surprising that the Labour Party opposes this important bill," Kao said. [Labour leader] it is necessary for (Bill Shorten) to explain to the community why he ordered his senator to stand in the way of this reform. "
The new parent guarantee temporary visa (Temporary Sponsored Parent visa) will help reunite families and ensure that taxpayers do not have to bear any additional costs.
The new visa framework requires guarantee people in Australia to act as financial guarantee holders of any outstanding public health costs incurred by guarantee visa holders during their stay in Australia.
"this new visa will allow many immigrant families across Australia to be reunited," Kao said. At the same time, strict guidelines will enable the Australian government to recover all public health arrears, such as hospital fees and care fees for the elderly, thereby protecting taxpayers' interests. "
New parents guarantee temporary visas will be open in the first half of 2019.
