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In the past month, Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Germany concentrated on tightening immigration policies.

According to Australia's Q Broadcasting Network, the Australian federal government's work to abolish the 457 temporary work visa is in progress recently, and the newly launched two temporary visa programs will reduce hundreds of approved technical occupations in the occupation list. On the same day, US President Trump signed an executive order requesting the federal department to tighten the temporary work visa to ensure that only foreign senior professionals can obtain this visa to work in the United States.

On the second day after Australia issued the immigration restrictions, the New Zealand Immigration Bureau announced that the visas for skilled immigrants had been revised to a certain extent. The basic reform direction was to raise the salaries of applicants and adjust the scoring system.

The British "Guardian" believes that Australia's measures to tighten immigration are also part of curbing the global immigration trend. Liu Peng, a senior immigration lawyer registered by the Home Office of the British Immigration Bureau and the founder of Peterson Law Firm, said in an interview with the French evening reporter that the overall immigration policy in Britain is also tightening. It seems that this election in Britain will bring more changes to immigration policy.

Australia abolished

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Will not be able to go

457 Temporary Work Visa (457 Visa for short) refers to the visa type used by enterprises to hire foreigners to work temporarily in Australia. The 457 visa can be valid for up to 4 years and can be renewed when it expires.

According to the report, after the abolition of the 457 visa that allows overseas workers to work in Australia for four years, two new visas will replace their original functions. These two visas allow overseas workers to work in Australia for 2 years and 4 years respectively. This new Temporary Technical Visa (TSS) project, including two visas, will be officially implemented in March 2065438+2008. The specific content of this skilled labor visa reform will gradually surface. The original 65 1 qualified occupations for 457 visas will be reduced to 435, which means that overseas workers applying for 2 16 occupations will not be able to go to Australia.

At the same time, among the remaining 435 occupations, 268 occupations can apply for two-year visas, and only 167 occupations can apply for four-year visas. In this regard, some people worry that these occupations are completely randomly selected.

The Australian government has previously stated that one of the main reasons for visa reform is to protect the employment of Australians. However, the deleted occupations also include archaeologists, historians and singers. Critics say that Australians are almost unwilling to engage in these occupations, as well as high-tech jobs in IT and engineering.

457 visa holder

The time limit for finding a job was shortened to 60 days last year.

Australian Prime Minister malcolm turnbull posted a video on social networks earlier, saying, "We are an immigrant country, but we still have to ensure that Australians get job opportunities first!" Malcolm turnbull said in the video, "Australia is a multicultural immigrant country and welcomes new immigrants from all over the world to join, but the premise is that the employment and life of Australian natives must be put first, so we decided to abolish the 457 visa for the introduction of foreign workers."

Australia's 457 visa has recently been cancelled, and there have been signs before. 20 16 1 1 The Australian government has carried out drastic reforms on the 457 visa, shortening the maximum period for 457 visa holders to find jobs in Australia from the previous 90 days to 60 days. 457 visa holders should find a new job within 60 days after resigning from their last job, otherwise they need to apply for a new work visa. In addition, the rights of 457 visa holders have been reduced. They are only allowed to work for employers with relevant qualifications, and they are not eligible for unemployment benefits.

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Take the H- 1B visa project to "open the knife"

Ensure distribution to highly skilled foreigners.

The executive order signed by US President Trump not long ago is mainly based on the H- 1B visa project, requiring federal government departments to modify the fraud and abuse in the application to ensure that work visas are issued to those who meet the requirements. Highly skilled and high-income foreign talents.

H- 1B visa is a visa issued by the United States for high-tech foreigners, and it is also the most important type of work visa in the United States. The initial purpose of issuing by lottery is to meet the demand of domestic enterprises for high-tech talents. At present, the United States issues about 85,000 H- 1B visas every year.

In addition, in 1 month, the US Immigration Bureau also proposed to revise the draft EB-5 investment immigrant visa program. TEA (also known as the target employment area) needs to meet two conditions: a remote area with a population of less than 20,000; The unemployment rate is higher than the national average 1.5 times. The minimum investment threshold for EB-5 visas in regional centers is 500,000 US dollars, which can directly or indirectly create 10 jobs) and other regions are raised to 6.5438+0.35 million US dollars and 6.5438+0.8 million US dollars respectively, and will be adjusted every five years according to inflation.

New Zealand? Scoring system

Education and salary are both bonus items.

Michael Wood House, New Zealand's immigration minister, recently announced that New Zealand will raise the requirements for immigration applicants to ensure employment opportunities for New Zealanders and attract better skilled immigrants.

According to the report, New Zealand raised its score from 140 to 160 in the scoring policy for skilled immigrants announced in June last year. After this reform, the grading system will be re-integrated, and work experience, education (master's degree, doctor's degree) and age (30-39 years old) will be increased to better meet the goal of attracting high-quality immigrants.

Among them, the salary level will be an important criterion for adding points to skilled jobs. "Skilled jobs" applying for permanent residency require an annual salary of NZ $48,859 (about 23 1 1,000 RMB), while applicants for "unskilled jobs" can also apply for permanent residency if their annual salary reaches NZ $73,299 (about 347,000 RMB). Applicants with an annual salary of over NZD 97,765,438+08 (about 462,000 RMB) or an hourly salary of NZD 35.24 (about 65,438+067 RMB) can get extra points.

Germany has also implemented a "scoring system" immigration policy similar to that of New Zealand.

Germany recently passed a new immigration bill, that is, the "scoring system". Compared with the current loose "EU blue card" policy, the "scoring system" is undoubtedly the tightening of immigration policy. The scoring system not only requires the applicant's age, education, work experience, language level and integration ability; All applicants will also be sorted by scores, and candidates will be queued according to national needs; Prior to this, EU talents who can circulate freely in the EU also need to be graded to enter Germany, and non-EU immigrants may not be able to enjoy certain social benefits for five years.

The influence of China

Give up the H- 1B lottery.

"low probability lottery"

Fei Sheng, a researcher at the Oceania Research Center of Sun Yat-sen University, pointed out that "overall, not only Australia, but also many countries will gradually tighten their immigration visa applications, the system will be more standardized, and the procedures will gradually increase. Accordingly, the threshold for accepting immigrants will be higher and higher. "

"On the one hand, it is quietly breeding employment protectionism, on the other hand, the total number of employment opportunities in the shadow of the financial crisis has decreased. The era of generous issuance of green cards by immigrant countries is over. Next, the world is standing at a new crossroads, and perhaps everyone needs to find a new direction. "

According to the data released by the Australian Immigration Bureau, among the 457 visa holders, Indians account for nearly 25%, Britons account for 19.5%, and China ranks third with 5.8%. "The cancellation of the 457 visa will definitely have a big impact on China people who want to immigrate through temporary skills." Mr. Pan, an Australian Chinese immigrant, said, "The occupations that can be immigrated through the 457 visa are greatly reduced, which will cause certain difficulties for immigrants."

"In this way, immigration through the 457 visa requires more procedures and inspection processes, which will be much more troublesome than before." Ms. Rebecca, an Australian Chinese, said that according to the current changes, there should be relevant policies in Australia, and the difficulty of immigration will gradually increase.

Mr. Guo, who has worked in New Zealand for many years, said that the New Deal is undoubtedly good news. "I am more dominant regardless of age or length of service." However, there are also many anxious voices among international students. Wang said: "The immigration policy is getting stricter and stricter. After graduation, it still depends on the job search. After all, good jobs are hard to find now. "

Every change of H- 1B in the United States is like a storm, rushing to the overseas students in China. Some students have given up the chance of drawing lots in H- 1B, and are ready to continue their studies or return to China after graduation.

Xiao Liu, who is about to graduate from an American university, said that no matter whether Trump's policy is loose or tight, he will not participate in the H- 1B lottery. This kind of low probability lottery is time-consuming and laborious, and it may not win the grand prize, especially every time H- 1B is talked about, the boss takes the opportunity to exploit his salary.