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New Regional Visas Announcement - Does It Slash the Immigration Levels?
by Migration Centre of Australia Registered Migration Agent in AustraliaThe
Australian government has slashed down the number of permanent visas that it
offers every year after announcing two new ‘geographically restricted’ skilled
visas. The new skilled regional visas are offering to those migrants and
dependent family members who wish to switch to Australia for work and living.
These two new
regional visas are -
- Skilled employer sponsored regional (provisional) visa- the sponsorship visa offered by employers
- Skilled work regional (provisional) visa - for those nominated by a State or Territory Government or sponsored by an eligible family member
Is It Slashing the Immigration Levels?
The aim of
the new regional visas is to encourage migrants to choose other regional areas
of Australia for migration instead of only Sydney, Melbourne and Southeast
Queensland. It is to ease congestion in Australian’s major cities and to
distribute the population to regional areas. The Australian government has
announced 23,000 visas to be reserved for new skilled regional visas among
160,000 permanent visas which are issued under Australian’s scaled back
migration planning level.
The Australian government has the plan to
encourage international students to choose other regional areas of Australia
for studies apart from its major cities. There is a plan to offer scholarships
to overseas students to attract them to choose other regional areas for higher
studies. Moreover, there is a plan to offer overseas students an additional
year to live in Australia under a post study work visa. The aim of the Australian
government is to ease off the migration rate overall.
Key Benefits
Holders of
the new skilled regional provisional visas will work and live in the regional
area where the validity period of the visa is up to 5 years. They can apply for
a Permanent Residence Visa which will be commenced in November 2022. The holder
of the new skilled regional visa has to show they have lived and worked in the
regional area to qualify for permanent residency.
If the
migration is issued by regional employers and State and Territory Governments,
migrants can access more occupations than equivalent non-regional visas.
According to
the current occupations, holders of the skilled employer sponsored regional
visa can become eligible for more than 450 occupations.
Five additional
points for regional nomination or sponsorship will come up as an advantage for
potential migrants looking to apply for regional visas.
Conclusion
These regional visas will come into action in November 2019. It is not going to impact on those who have already existing visas.
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