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Recently announced in the 2022 Federal budget, applicable to at least the middle of 2023, is a plan to bring in 160 000 migrants over the next financial year. This is hardly a surprise. Rather it is a confirmation, maintaining the level that was previously planned.

The 160 000 migrants are divided into a few distinct categories.

• Skilled migration will be allocated 109 900 places. This is approximately 70% of the permanent migration program.
• The humanitarian program is set at 13 750 individuals.
• The 10 000 unused partner places will be now reallocation to skilled visa places.
• Partner visas are estimated at 40 500 places
• Parent visas are set at 6000 places.
• Child Visas are estimated at 3000

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As an incentive to attract International students and backpackers there will be some cost reductions. This is to help boost the numbers that fell during the COVID-19 lockdown.

• There will be a refund of Visa fees for students who arrive by the 19th of March 2023.
• There will be a refund of fees for working holiday visas who arrive by the 19th of April 2023.
• The number limit for work and holiday visas will increase by 30%. This allows an additional 11 000 backpackers.

The additional migrants hopefully brought in by these changes will relieve the staff shortages in the hospitality industry.

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From the 1st of July, there will be an additional pathway to Permanent Residency in Australia. The details are still being finalised, but the pathway applies to holders of the TSS VISA.

The Temporary Skills Shortage VISA (TSS) is designed to supply individuals with jobs that are presently understaffed. This type of job shortage has been significantly affected by the Covid Situation, with skilled workers needed in agriculture and medical positions.

Those who have held the TSS VISA for 12 months between February 2020 and December 2021, and who meet the requirements for the subclass 186 Employment Nomination Schemes should now have a pathway to Permanent Residency.

Furthermore, Employers can nominate members of their staff with subclass 482 VISA holders for this same PR program if:

• The Immigrant employee is in a two-year occupation.
• Has been in Australia for 12 months or more between 1 February 2020 and 14 December 2021.
• The Immigrant employee meets the general 186 visa criteria.

Permanent Residency offers many advantages:

• Live and travel in Australia
• Study at the tertiary level and apply for some education loans
• Eligible for Social security benefits, after two years in the country
• Access Medicare
• Apply and hold most government jobs

Eligible for PR requires a certain number of points, including English proficiency, age, Work experience, Education, niche skills, and skill eligibility of a spouse.

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There are new paths to immigration and Permanent Residency opening up as the Covid situation changes.

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The government has made some visa changes to support Australia’s economic recovery after the Covid restrictions. This includes providing work rights to temporary Visa holders who were kept out of the country while borders were closed.

The 408 Visa, the Temporary activities Visa which allows an individual to work on government-endorsed events, is available to basically any Visa holder. Anybody with work rights on their Visa or any Visa holder who has an employment offer from a government-funded service may be granted this 408 Visa.

This 408 Visa is available to any temporary Visa holder in Australia from the 21st of February 2022, and temporary Visa holders who were previously in the country before this date. So offshore applications should be possible for those who left Australia recently.

There will be a 12-month Visa for those working in critical sectors:

• Agriculture
• Food processing
• Health care
• Aged care
• Disability care
• Child care
• Tourism and hospitality

For other sectors, expect a 6-month Visa.

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Applicants need to apply for this 408 Visa within the last 90 days of their present visa’s expiration date. Applications might be accepted in the 28 days after the previous Visa expires, but this is risky.

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Borders have reopened, and Visa criteria are temporarily altered. Talk to an Immigration Lawyer in Sydney for Visa advice.

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The Australian borders reopened to fully vaccinated Visa holders from the 21st of February 2022. This means business administrators, skilled labourers and tourists will be welcome back to the country. A few unvaccinated individuals will be exempted from vaccination if they have a legitimate medical reason.

This reopening of the borders comes after two years of isolation and severe restrictions. It should help to boost the strained economy by bringing in labourers and some business opportunities. While some workers were brought into the country during lockdown restrictions, having been vaccinated, the numbers were moderate. More people are needed for essential services, including agriculture and transport. The lifting of restrictions should provide considerable help.

There was, understandably, a significant decline in temporary Visas during the pandemic. The local economy has started to pick up as the 80% vaccination target was reached, but the absence of help from foreign workers, skilled and otherwise, has meant that businesses struggle to fill at least some positions.

The Australian Government expects migration to increase to 190 000 in 2023. The migration target after this is 235 000 per year. The migration has actually been negative over the last two years, during the pandemic. But we should not need to compensate for this. The Government will cap permanent arrivals at 160 000, which is the same as pre-pandemic limits.

While we did have lower foreign labour numbers over the past few years there were a significant number of Australians returning to the country. These people did fill some of the positions in the workforce. It remains to be seen if they will remain in Australia or return to their overseas careers.

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The immigration situation is always complex, even more so during the pandemic. Talk to our immigration lawyer for Visa and residency advice.