Recently, the Australian Minister for Immigration'Neil offers some strategies on how to fix the "broken" Australian immigration system. The Minister said the new Migration Strategy would return migrants to sustainable levels, ensure the skills needed for the future and ultimately ensure that the system was in the interest of all Australians. And there is also news that Australia will cut the number of immigrants in the next four years is expected to be 180,000Let's take a look at the specific situation.
First, the core idea of the New Deal reform
The new policy of this reform contains a total of eight core ideas.
For temporary skilled immigration, meet the demand for skills and promote labor mobility;
Reinvent permanent skilled immigrants to drive long-term prosperity and provide new ones for immigrants who can drive growth in the nation's vital industries"Talent & Innovation"Visa;
Strengthen the integrity and quality of international education and raise the bar for international students and educational institutions, while ensuring that graduates contribute to addressing skills shortages and do not become"Permanent temporary workers"；
Combating the exploitation of workers and restoring the integrity of the immigration system;
Plan your migration to get the right skills in the right place;
Tailor-made regional visas and WHV programs to address remote labor shortages;
Deepening interpersonal relationships in the Indo-Pacific;
Streamlining the immigration system and improving the experience for immigrants and employers.
*Published Migration Strategy for the decade, which includes recommendations on Australia's current number of migrants and how to curb them. In particular, with regard to the tightening of visa procedures, including for migrant workers and international students. In addition, ** is committed to prioritizing immigration applications in remote areas to address labor shortages in these areas.
A new Talent and Innovation visa will be created to attract applicants from the original GTI pathway, and will also be used to support investment and entrepreneurial talent. This will be used to attract the entrepreneurs, researchers and major investors that Australia needs in a simple and unified way.
2. Three major strategies for immigration reform
Rebuilding the integrity of the immigration system and clearing the backlog;Utilising migration to meet Australia's skills needs;Introduce measures to address the exploitation of migrant labour;Strengthen ties with the people of Indo-Pacific.
Suggest a targeted temporary skilled migration system;Enhance the quality and integrity of international education;Better planning of immigration inclusion;Begin to simplify the immigration system.
Rebuilding Australia's Permanent Residence Skilled Migration System for a more long-term thriving;Refurbishment of the Regional Visa and WHV Scheme;And much more.
3. Major immigration policies
1. Reduce and control net overseas immigration
Today, Australia** announced that it is tightening visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers, cutting net migration by half over the next two years. It is important to emphasize here that it is the net number of immigrants who are being cut, not the number of immigrants, and there is a huge difference between the two. If it is a reduction in immigration, it is equivalent to a reduction in immigration quotas, and it is PR applicants who are affected.
However, the reduction in the number of net immigrants means that Australia** will take action against temporary visa holders, especially those who achieve the purpose of long-term stay in Australia by looking for loopholes in the Australian immigration system, will be subject to the most serious scrutiny in Australia**.
It is understood that Australia's net migration reached 510,000 in the 2022-23 financial year, far exceeding Australia's affordability. So, it is hoped that a series of measures will be taken to reduce the MOM to 3750,000, down to 250,000 in FY 2024-25.
The number of international students increased from 170,000 in FY 2018-19 before the pandemic to 270,000 in FY 2022-23.
* said that without the new policy, the number of immigrants is likely to remain high for a long time in the future, even reaching 440,000 in 2025 and 30 in 202650,000 people.
Home Secretary Clare O'Neill'Neil said the immigration reforms announced and implemented earlier this year had already put "downward pressure" on net migration.
So, how do you plan to reduce the number of immigrants by almost half?
2. The new professional visa attracts highly skilled workers
Noting that around the migration strategy, including improving the living standards of Australians, ensuring good working conditions and strengthening international relations, a new type of visa, the Skills in Demand visa, will be introduced to replace the existing temporary skills shortage visa.
The review report says the new visa will provide workers with more opportunities to move employers and provide a clear pathway for those looking to obtain permanent residency.
The addition of a three-tier visa route replaces the original TSS SC 482 visa. Each category will be defined based on skill level.
1. The Specialist Skills Visa is designed to attract highly skilled workers in industries such as technology and energy. With the exception of ** workers, machinery operators and drivers, and workers, this category will be open to those engaged in any occupation with an income of at least 13$50,000 is open to qualified applicants.
2. Core Skills Visa to meet labour demand, and its "simpler" regularly updated occupation list will be developed over time to reflect the Australian job market. Applicable to annual incomes between 7-13Applicants between $50,000.
3. Basic skills visa, focusing on the labor shortage of low-income people. For applicants with an annual income of less than $70,000.
* Believes that the new pathway will add $3.4 billion to the budget over the next 10 years.
3. The review of study permit applications has become stricter, and the language requirements for international students have been increased
The new strategy includes several measures for international education,** which will ensure that foreign graduates help cope with skills shortages,** said.
*It also intends to "raise the standards" of international students and educational institutions to ensure that students who come to study do not become "permanent temporary workers".
From early next year, the English language requirements for student and temporary graduate visas will increase,** which will help "improve the quality of a student's educational experience in Australia and reduce potential job exploitation". According to the International English Language Testing System, the English score requirement for students applying for a graduate visa will start from 60 points increased to 6A score of 5 while the English proficiency requirement for students applying for a student visa will start from 55 points increased to 60 points.
* International students and graduates make up the largest proportion of "permanent temporary" immigrants, with 1080,000 people have been in Australia for five years or more.
4. Ban skipping lots
In light of the fact that the number of international students staying in Australia on multiple consecutive student visas increased by more than 30% to 150,000 last year, it was decided to conduct more rigorous scrutiny of students applying for a second visa.
Student visa applications will be processed on a priority basis based on the school's risk level, while those with higher risk will be slower.
*'s migration strategy notes that it is becoming more common for international students to move from one course to another in order to extend their stay in Australia, especially below their current level of study.
Nowadays, many people use study visas to renew their visas in China, and the main purpose of these people is to stay in Australia, rather than to become skilled migrants. To solve this problem, new ones will be launched overall"genuine student test"(GST), which replaces the current GTE, is available to study permit applicants at all levels.
As more than 50% of Graduate Work Permit holders are working at a level well below their skill level, action will be taken to adjust the duration and eligibility of this type of visa, and temporary Graduate Work Permit holders will be restricted from converting back to a student visa while in China.
With the release of the new immigration policy, some people will inevitably be affected, and for international students, the requirements for going to Australia to stay in Australia are higher, and the pressure will definitely increase. But the new deal will also optimize the immigration system, and in the long run, build a more reasonable immigration system to benefit more real immigrants!