The topic of studying abroad immigrants

I think most students studying in Australia intend to immigrate, and even regard immigration as their main goal. However, after studying abroad for a long time, I found that many people lack a basic understanding of the requirements and processes of Australian immigration, thinking that they can easily immigrate automatically as long as they study in Australia for two years. In fact, immigration is a very complicated process and procedure with very strict requirements. Many necessary procedures need to be known in advance and prepared in advance. If you wait until you are ready to submit your immigration application after reading the book, it may be too late, and some problems even need your attention when choosing your major ... So, in order to avoid the tragedy that students spend a lot of energy and money but fail to achieve immigration, I wrote this post to introduce the Australian skilled immigration policies and requirements in detail. Although I have never experienced immigration myself, I have been concerned about immigration policy for a long time and have a better understanding of immigration procedures. I will write down what I know and share it with you. I think it should help you. .......

Please note that this post is only a technical introduction to immigration procedures, and does not involve the discussion of right or wrong immigration ... Immigration has always been a controversial topic, so please make your immigration decision carefully. ...

The following contents are written according to the Australian Immigration Policy of June 5438+ 10/5, 2005. Because immigration policies can change frequently, there is no guarantee that this article will be effective for a long time, but it will not change much in the short term. The Immigration Bureau mentioned below refers to DIMIA, the Department of Immigration and Multiculturalism and Immigration.

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I. On the concept of immigration

For the word "immigrant", many people only have a vague concept. Since you want to immigrate, let's first find out what immigration is. Immigration generally refers to obtaining the permanent residency of a country and becoming a permanent resident of this country (that is, permanent resident, referred to as PR), which also means "getting a green card". Without PR status, if we want to enter a country for any reason (including study, work, travel, etc. ), you must first obtain a visa issued by the government of this country. You can legally stay in this country during the visa period, but you must leave the country when the visa expires. Otherwise, your status is illegal and you are called an illegal immigrant (commonly known as illegal immigrant, black or "black person"). This is how the snakehead helped you enter the country illegally. Then get the black), once the Immigration Bureau discovers your illegal identity, you will be sent back to China, and it is basically impossible to get a visa for that country (if you ask what will happen if you are not discovered, theoretically you can get the black permanently, work as a black worker, live semi-underground, and cannot have a formal job ...); On the other hand, when we get the PR status of a country, we can stay in this country permanently and legally as long as you like, and we can enter and leave this country freely without a visa.

Similar to permanent residence status, it is citizenship. After joining the nationality of a country, you have the nationality of that country. When we obtain the permanent residence status of a country, our nationality will still be China, our passport will still be China, and legally speaking, we will still be China people. After that, regarding the situation in Australia, if you get Australian PR status five years later, you will be eligible to apply for Australian citizenship (the naturalization procedure is relatively simple). After joining Australian citizenship, as dual citizenship is not allowed in China, our original China citizenship will be automatically lost and our passports will be replaced by Australian passports. At this time, from a legal point of view, we will be Australians. Later, if we want to go back to China, we have to go to the China Embassy in Australia to get a Chinese visa before we can enter China, just as we originally applied for an Australian visa.

Related to the above concepts, it is easy to confuse the meaning of "expatriates". The term "overseas Chinese" usually refers to China people who live and work abroad. They have obtained PR status in that country for many years, but they have not joined the nationality of that country, but they are still from China and are protected by the government and embassy of China. Such talents can be called overseas Chinese. For those China people who have stayed abroad for a period of time and joined a foreign nationality, they can only be called China people of a certain nationality. For example, Yang Zhenning is a Chinese-American and a foreign academician of China Academy of Sciences. Yang left China to study in the United States, and then became an American citizen. Recently, he applied for a green card in China, because he needs to travel around China frequently. This is a good example to explain the relationship between PR identity and nationality. With the China Green Card, Yang Can has avoided the trouble of frequently applying for a visa to China.

Speaking of this, I think many people will wonder whether they should become Australian citizens after immigrating to Australia. In order to solve this problem, I want to compare the difference between PR identity and citizenship. First of all, these two identities are very similar, that is, PR identity can enjoy the same welfare benefits as citizenship, such as medical care, such as low tuition or free tuition. And the difference between them is obvious. If you want to maintain your PR status, you must meet certain conditions of the Australian government. This condition is that you have spent two years in Australia in the past five years. If not, your PR status will disappear. Therefore, this means that it is unrealistic to plan to return to China immediately after emigration. In that case, there is no point in emigrating. If you want to develop in other countries without losing the welfare of Australian residents, the only way is to become an Australian citizen. No matter how long you stay abroad, as long as you don't join other nationalities, your nationality will be permanent and you will always be free to enter and leave Australia.

The following are the specific conditions for applying for Australian citizenship:

1. Are you a permanent resident?

2. In the past five years, have you been a permanent resident in Australia for two years, and twelve of them were in the past two years?

3. Do you have a good personality?

4. Do you know basic English? (If you are over 50 years old, you don't need to meet this requirement. )

Do you know your responsibilities and rights as an Australian resident? (Those over 60 years old do not need to meet this requirement. )

6. Are you going to live in Australia or keep close and continuous contact with Australia?

But you can become an Australian citizen if you meet the above six conditions.