Yesterday, Minister of the Interior O’Neil said that priority would be given to processing overseas skilled immigrant permanent residence applications, which caused a bit of a stir. Some overseas students said: “The wait is finally here! I can be happy for several days with this

Yesterday, Minister of the Interior O'Neil said that priority would be given to processing overseas skilled immigrant permanent residence applications, which caused a bit of a stir. Some overseas students said: "Finally, the wait has come! This news can make me happy for several days!" The classmate scratched his head: "The territory is going to be forgotten? "Some people who are also outside the country but applied for the two-step PR asked: "The literal understanding does not seem to refer to us?"
, after a day, many "big guys" helped us "knock it off" “The federal government, tell them they can’t care about one thing and lose the other!

Labor Party Member of Parliament Julian Hill: Don’t forget that the Immigration Bureau ultimately needs to increase its execution capacity.

He is considered one of the most active MPs in the Labor Party to speak out for immigrants, and was also a member of the Joint Immigration Committee of the last Parliament. First of all, he supported the priority given to overseas permanent residence skilled immigration applicants, saying that "it is obviously the right decision now", but also warned that one measure cannot be considered to be enough. If the implementation capacity is not increased, "the Immigration Bureau will continue to be known as the cause." sectors of human misery and economic hardship”.
"Businesses, the international education sector and families across Australia are despairing at the black hole in the visa and immigration processing system. My office sees letters from sad, angry and desperate people every day."
We need more Staffing to process visas to clear the backlog and shorten wait times is a no-brainer.

Matt Kunkel, CEO of Migrant Workers Centre: Don’t forget about the 887 people in the country!

First of all, he also welcomed the attention of the newly elected Albanese Labor Party government on permanent residence visas. But the government is reminded not to forget those who are in the country. They have been making silent contributions during the epidemic. "We have heard the frustrated voices of the on-shore applicants who have made sacrifices without any support during Covid. Stay in Australia."
* I still need to explain here that during the epidemic, most subsidies are given to citizens and people holding permanent residence visas, but there are still some that are also open to non-PR people, such as those with a wide range of applications. disaster payment.
“We have heard from those skilled immigration applicants who have already met the application requirements but have been waiting for 2 years (here mainly citing the complaints of 887 applicants) that without the certainty provided by the permanent residence visa, they cannot plan themselves. life and suffered huge psychological losses. Being in the "difficulty" of bridging visa for a long time may cause them to postpone their children's education, continue to pay expensive international student fees, and face various obstacles in housing

Anna, associate professor at the University of Sydney. Boucher: The visa system requires a massive influx of staff

This prioritization is just the first step in dealing with a massive backlog. "When we're talking about a backlog of close to a million, this is just a drop in the ocean. "
" and there is now a backlog of nearly 1 million visa applications, about one-third of which are family visas. "
" (priority for skilled immigrants with permanent overseas residence) may mean having to use resources originally used to process temporary immigrants, families Or resources diverted from asylum visa applications, if I were sponsoring a spouse or applying for a humanitarian visa, I would be very angry. "
*The reason why Anna Boucher said that spouse immigration takes a long time to wait is because 90% of the applications with visas on the official website of the Immigration Bureau have a waiting time of more than 20 months. Although the visa application case by case, but in fact, as far as we can see, the overall visa processing speed for spouse immigrants is still very fast. It has basically not slowed down from the beginning of the epidemic to now. We have multiple overseas 309 and domestic 820 visas issued within half a year.
In addition, She was more objective about the discussion on immigration at the Jobs and Skills Summit in September.
Immigration numbers are certainly one of the key issues at the summit. Compared with the increase in immigration that business employers have been advocating for, she believes that the important thing is to find in the debate. A middle ground that would otherwise fuel xenophobic tendencies.
"It's like a picture, you not only have to increase its size, but you also need to increase its clarity, increase awareness about the immigration program, about how important it is, and about only wanting to make it good." How complicated it is. "


Look at the execution and the step-by-step actions. Perhaps the biggest good news now compared to before is that the backlog of visas has attracted the attention of all walks of life. This group of "old fritters" in the Immigration Bureau cannot get past it. They have to be solved, one by one, and everyone is watching. , keep an eye on the applicants. I hope you all can wait for your signature as soon as possible.

finally inserts a news about state guarantee in Victoria: Victoria’s state guarantee will be opened soon in the new fiscal year, the new application requirements will be relaxed (expanded), and the channel for overseas applicants will be opened at the same time. We will wait and see.

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