Australian immigration policy

1. The annual immigration ceiling is lowered by 30,000.

In March this year, the federal government announced that it would reduce the annual quota of permanent immigrants from 6,543.8+0.9 million to 6,543.8+0.6 million. Since 20 1 1, the number of permanent immigrants introduced to Australia has been capped at190,000 every year, but in the fiscal year of 20 17-20 18, the actual inflow of permanent immigrants dropped to the lowest level of1620,000 in more than a decade.

The decrease of 30,000 people is mainly reflected in the category of general skilled immigrants, and the annual quota of this category has been reduced from more than 43,000 to about 1.8 million. The government has granted more places to two kinds of remote area visas (49 1 1 and 494), which came into effect on 10. This shows that the Australian government has a strong will to divert immigrants to remote areas, and remote areas may be a good choice for future immigrants.

2. The number of visas in remote areas is exclusive to 25,000.

In March, the government announced two new visas for remote areas, namely, 49 1 (skilled immigrant visa for remote areas) and 494 (employer-sponsored immigrant visa for remote areas), to replace the original 489 and 187 visas, to encourage more new immigrants to work, study and live in remote areas designated by the government, and reserved 23,000 places for this purpose.

By 165438+1October16, the quota of 23,000 was increased to 25,000, which expanded the definition of "remote areas". Except Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, almost all of Australia belongs to "remote areas" suitable for these two visas, including Perth and the Gold Coast.

3. Parents' temporary guarantee visa implementation

At the beginning of the year, the federal government announced that the new temporary parental sponsorship visa will be implemented on April 17. Immigrant parents can live in Australia continuously for up to five years through the new method of parent-sponsored (temporary) visa in sub-category 870. Visa applications were officially opened from the first day of the new fiscal year (July 1). By August, the first batch of applications for 870 visas sponsored by temporary parents had been signed, mainly from South Africa, Venezuela, China, South Korea, Bolivia, Britain, Egypt and India.

4. Spouses who are good at English or single can get extra points.

In April this year, the government announced the reform of the scoring system for skilled immigrants, that is, singles will get 65,438+00 points, and partners or spouses with the required skills and sufficient English ability can also get 65,438+00 points for the main applicants. There are more and more ways to add points, but the invitation of EOI has not escaped the ending of "a rising tide lifts all boats".

The above is a summary of Australia's latest immigration policy in 2020. As you can see, Australia's immigration policy is getting stricter and stricter, which makes it more difficult for applicants who want to immigrate to Australia. The future immigration policy is still unknown. Applicants who want to immigrate to Australia are advised to apply as soon as possible.