Major changes in parents' immigration visas. (pictures from the Web)
Australia's goverment is considering a new visa for parents to visit Australia, according to SBS TV. Such a visa would allow parents to stay in Australia for a maximum of 10 years, but not a permanent residence visa, nor would it help to apply for a permanent residence visa. While in Australia, their children had to pay for their private health insurance. If the draft can be passed by Parliament, it is reported that it will be implemented from November this year.
The new parent visit visa has also become a target for the goverment, the SBS reported, following the recent reform of (Malcolm Turnbull) goverment's immigration policy. Once a new visa is introduced, up to 15,000 Australian citizens or permanent residents will be able to apply for a family visit visa that can stay in Australia for up to 10 years after paying up to $20, 000. However, parents who are granted visas will not have the right to work in Australia, and goverment hopes they will be able to shoulder the family's responsibility to help their children take care of their children in order to "ease the pressure on childcare institutions."
The medical expenses incurred by parents coming to Australia during the period will be borne by their children in Australia, as guaranteed family visits will be legally required to bear the obligation of delivery of private health insurance. In addition, children must assume obligations as financial guarantors to cover additional medical bills incurred by their parents during their stay in Australia.
Assistant Secretary of Immigration Hawk (Alex Hawke) told SBS, that "the medical costs of elderly services are a huge expense for taxpayers." This is also the difficulty that many countries in the world need to solve. "
Under the new visa regime, applicants can pay A $5000 for a three-year visa, or A $10, 000 for a five-year visa, with only one extension of the visa, or A $10, 000 for a five-year extension.
The report said the policy would help the goverment reduce health care costs and, once legislation is passed, will be able to subsidize the budget with visa application fees. If all 15,000 people were used in the first year, the Treasury would be able to charge A $150 million in application fees alone.
But before the visa was launched, it had been opposed by Cheryl (Henry Sherrell), an immigration expert at the National University of Australia, because of the ultra-high application fee. "it's too expensive for a temporary visa," he said.
He noted that while other temporary visa applications also require private health insurance, it is unusual not to provide migrants with a public safety net for emergencies and unpredictable health crises. "this is the first time we have seen temporary immigrants to Australia have to cover all of their public health insurance. You can imagine that the premium for private health insurance would be very high. "
Goverment plans to announce the visa plan in next week's budget as a testament to its 2016 election commitments, SBS reported. Those who can guarantee that their parents apply for these visas must be Australian citizens, permanent residents, and eligible New Zealand citizens.