Australian immigrants: foreign applicants with disabilities are more likely to get an Australian visa.

The federal government intends to relax the immigration law so that more foreigners with diseases or disabilities can immigrate to Australia.

According to the Australian newspaper, the Labor government intends to change the way it judges whether disabled foreigners will cause a heavy burden to the Australian medical system and people's pockets.

More than one-tenth of the people who are blacklisted by Australian immigrants are for health reasons, which makes health the second biggest reason for refusing visas after national security risks. A more detailed analysis shows that * the refusal to issue visas to people with health problems is mainly due to economic considerations, not because it will bring risks to Australians.

During 20 10- 1 1, 599 foreigners were refused visas in Australia for health reasons, and 392 foreigners were refused visas for medical expenses and other reasons. The Australian government has designated that each of these people will cause the government to "lose blood" more than 2 1 000 yuan in five years; If they are over 75 years old, the government will pay them more than 26,5438+0,000 yuan within three years. In addition, * it is also judged that these people may affect local Australians to receive certain treatments, such as organ transplantation, blood transfusion, plasma and radiotherapy.

According to the current relevant policies, HIV carriers, patients with heart disease or cancer are prohibited from coming to Australia, and patients with epilepsy, mental illness or mental retardation cannot obtain visas.

However, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship predicts that in the next few months, the threshold of medical expenses for judging the eligibility of immigrants will be raised to more than 2 1 1,000 yuan, and "health requirements will be reformed more widely."

It is reported that the threshold of medical expenses for Australian immigrant applicants has not been adjusted for 65,438+00 years, and there are constant calls for reform, prompting the Immigration Department to appoint Allen Consulting Company to conduct relevant review, and this secret review proposal * adopts a new scheme to raise the threshold of medical expenses for applicants.

A spokesman for the Immigration Department confirmed the proposal of the Allen Consulting Company to raise the standard of medical expenses, and pointed out that the decision would be made public in a few months.

However, the events experienced by this reform can be called a long time. In 20 10, the congressional investigation Committee pointed out that some foreigners were refused visas due to high medical expenses, and the proportion of visas approved by the immigration department seemed to be too low, requiring the immigration department to take action. The report of Allen Consultation was submitted to the Immigration Bureau at the end of 20 10.

In the latest government-appointed guidelines for medical personnel, the Immigration Department once again confirmed the "threshold" of 2 1 000 yuan. In the process of visa approval, * medical personnel are required to ignore that visa applicants have medical insurance, scholarships or other sources of funds that can pay their medical expenses, and this policy is also controversial.

Due to the policy of the Immigration Bureau, some mining companies have to pay medical expenses for employees applying for 457 visas, otherwise * these people will be refused visas on health grounds.