Das war's wohl fuer uns mit Australien...
Was sagt Ihr dazu...?
Viele Gruesse,
1) First of all it seems that DIAC will not be changing the points for the new occupations. That is they are likely to be the same as similar occupations on the previous Skilled Occupation List. That is confirmed on the DIAC website. However they will I am sure be introducing some structural changes to the points test.
Source: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/genera…faq-new-sol.pdf
2) However, much more important than that is the proposed AXING of many existing visa applicants. In parliament at the moment is a bill that will allow the minister to allocate a certain amount of places to each occupation in the points test (whether that be Accountant, Cook, Nurse etc) and then when that quota is met, he seeks to be able to then not just stop processing in that occupation for the rest of the program year but much worse, actually return those applications back to visa applicants. In other words your application will be just AXED even if you have been waiting a year, 2 years, 3 years for a decision. This is potentially going to affect many thousands of people who have been waiting and details are below in the transcript from parliament this week.
This is unfair in so many ways and is the most draconian piece of legislation I have seen in 17 years in the industry. It eats at the core of Australian fairness for all those people who have sacrificed so much in making sure they meet Australia's requirements, lodged perfectly good applications, and then had to wait patiently whilst their applications and lives have been put on hold an inordinate amount of time.
Note this is not the fault of the department of immigration (DIAC), they only follow what they are told to do. This legislation is the responsibility of the minister for immigration and ultimately the PM. This legislation is close to passing and I would suggest that if you feel this is unfair and wrong, that you make contact with not just your local MP urgently but also contact the other people below of influence. Tell them how much you have spent in time, money and emotional toil and how much you trusted Australia to stand by their own laws.
Minister for Immigration : Senator Chris Evans minister@immi.gov.au
Prime Minister: The Hon Kevin Rudd http://www.pm.gov.au/PM_Connect/contact_your_pm_form (you need to fill a form on his website)
Deputy Prime Minister: The Hon Julia Gillard dpm@dpm.gov.au
Leader of Opposition: The Hon Tony Abbott Tony.Abbott.MP@aph.gov.au
DIAC intend to enact legislation that will allow them to AXE many 1000s of applications from people who have been waiting patiently for substantial periods of time already. This is in most people's opinion I think totally unfair and does great damage to Australia's international reputation.
If you feel the same way or are potentially affected by this axing because you currently have a general skilled migration application with DIAC (475, 487, 175, 176, 885, 886 or 887 visa categories) then it is important that you advise the senate enquiry as to how unfair you think this. You should explain how much time, money and turmoil you have gone through and why you think it unfair. As well as those politicians emails addresses I gave in the update earlier today, the senate have a page to except submissions here .. http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committ…apping/info.htm you should send it them as well through details below.
And the full text of this page is here .. you only have until the 4th JUNE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010
Information about the Inquiry
On 26 May 2010 the Senate referred the following matter to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report.
The Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010 (the Bill) seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 to enable the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (the Minister) to cap visa grants and terminate visa applications based on the class or classes of applicant applying for the visa.
In particular, the Bill would enable the Minister to make a legislative instrument to determine the maximum number of visas of a specified class or classes that may be granted in a financial year to visa applicants with specified characteristics, and treat outstanding applications for the capped visa as never having been made.
The proposed amendments are intended to address issues relating to the General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa program.
Submissions should be received by 04 June 2010. The reporting date is 15 June 2010.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3560 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5794 or by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
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Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
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Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au
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