Planned Immigration Levels

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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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