Introduction to Australia’s new immigration policy in 2021

1. Introduction to Australia’s new immigration policy in 2021

Due to COVID-19, the number of immigrants has declined. Immigration levels will remain low in 2021. According to media reports, recently, multiple industry organizations in Australia have jointly expressed their hope that the federal government can restart immigration. Especially the real estate industry, they strongly call for restarting immigration before the end of the year, otherwise the housing demand may be unimaginable.

In addition to the real estate industry, agriculture is also one of the industries hardest hit by the epidemic. According to estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, the horticulture industry alone has a shortage of approximately 22,000 workers. It is foreseeable that after the immigration reform, the Australian government will strongly encourage the following three categories of immigrants to enter.

1. Skilled Immigration

Looking back on the history of human development, everyone is eager to get a share of the pie by improving technology and increasing efficiency. In this process, whether it is the academies of sciences of various countries or the private sector, Technicians all played a huge role.

Every technological breakthrough represents a huge improvement in productivity, and behind it are a large number of job opportunities. The vigorous liberalization of skilled immigrants can only be beneficial to Australia's economic development.

Australia’s skilled immigrant visas include 3 categories, 189 independent skilled immigrant, 190 state sponsorship and 491 remote area state sponsorship/relative sponsorship.

2. Immigration in industries in short supply

During the epidemic, labor shortages occurred in some industries and regions in Australia, including farm pickers, nursing home caregivers, and even hotel service industries. These positions are usually filled by backpackers. Visitors, temporary visa holders or illegal workers.

Currently, there are 54,000 vacant jobs in regional Australia, and employers have been unable to find suitable candidates to fill these positions.

The introduction of this type of immigrants can solve the problem of labor shortage and also promote related industries.

3. Business visa immigration

Business immigrants come to Australia through certain investment thresholds. They are closely related to employment and economic growth. At present, Australia has It is understandable that holders of this type of visa give the green light. Almost no country or government will refuse wealthy people.

Starting from July 1 this year, the Australian government has simplified business visas from 9 to 4: Business Innovation 188A, Entrepreneur 188E, Investor 188B and Significant Investor 188C. Each type of visa has no An exception comes with an investment threshold.

Among them, the current one-step permanent residence project in Australia’s business immigration categories, the Australian Business Genius 132 visa, will end this fiscal year, and states will also make corresponding adjustments to 132 applications.

The Victorian government has taken the lead in announcing that in order to ensure that applicant nominations are successfully processed, Victoria will no longer accept new applications for 132 nominations from April 1, 2021.

2. Introduction to Australia’s 188c investment project

1. Application conditions

When the application is submitted, the assets in the couple’s name shall be no less than 500 10,000 Australian dollars

Complete 5 million Australian dollars of compliant investment (1 million Australian dollars, 1.5 million new enterprises, 2.5 million balanced investments) before approval and continue to hold these investments during the visa period

No EOI score required

No age limit

2. Conditions for permanent residence transfer

Changing the main applicant:

You can change the main applicant If you change your spouse to apply as the main applicant, you need to invest jointly as a couple

Business and investment requirements:

Continuously hold no less than 5 million Australian dollars in compliant investments during the visa period

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Residency requirements:

The main applicant must have lived in Australia for a full period (40 days*visa years), or the spouse has lived in Australia (180 days of visa years)

Australian passport High gold content is one of the important reasons for attracting immigrants to become Australian citizens. With an Australian passport, you can not only travel freely to more than 180 countries in the world and take a global trip at any time, but you can also enjoy Australia's generous benefits, superior education and medical resources, and political rights.

3. The Australian Immigration Bureau announces GTI visa information

The most popular visa in Australia this fiscal year is the GTI visa. The visa quota in this fiscal year is The number increases to 15,000 per year, with priority processing rights. GTI provides a simplified visa pathway to obtain permanent residence in one step. Applicants can live and work anywhere in Australia. Through the GTI program, Australia attracts highly skilled talent from around the world.

Agricultural technology: 119

Cybersecurity: 81

Energy and mining technology: 315

Financial technology: 172

Medical technology: 319

Quantum information, advanced digital, data science and ICT: 534

Aerospace and advanced manufacturing: 125

Agricultural technology: 114

Cybersecurity: 70

Energy and Mining Technology: 355

Financial Technology: 115

Medical Technology: 345

Quantum information, advanced numbers, data science and ICT: 521

Aerospace and advanced manufacturing: 121

Medical technology: less than 5 people

Energy and mining technology: less than 5 people

The approval rate for GTI visas can be said to be very high. It is in sharp contrast to other immigration projects. It shows how welcoming Australia is to global talents. High visa approval rates For applicants, the high rate means that once invited, they will almost lock in Australian permanent residence and obtain status quickly.

The latest 10 major fields are as follows:

1. Resource industry

The resource industry is one of the ten newly added industries that conforms to GTI. It has expanded from the original mining industry to include various resources related, covering natural gas, oil, heavy metals, coal mines and forests, etc.

2. Agricultural food and agricultural technology

Newly added agricultural food related, not limited to technology.

3 Energy

Various energy sources, including electrical energy, thermal energy, solar energy, wind energy, etc.

4. Health industry

Expanding from medical technology to the entire health-related industry, it refers to all employees in medical research, medical technology and health industries except doctors.

5. National defense, space and advanced manufacturing

Purely new defense, and form a new branch with the original advanced manufacturing and space technology.

6 Circular Economy

One of the new areas this time includes waste utilization, environmental science, etc.

7. Digital Technology

It summarizes the two major fields of network security and CT quantum information, advanced digital, data science and information and communication technology that were previously related to the IT field.

8. Infrastructure and tourism

New areas. Including intelligent transportation systems, urban infrastructure, urban planning, real estate technology, tourism industry executives, tourism building (resort) design and planning.

9. Financial services and financial technology:

Expanding from financial technology to financial services, all finance-related industries and practitioners are covered. Including financing investment experts, financial investment consultants, insurance experts, fund managers, risk control managers, trust experts, financial technology experts, including big data finance, artificial intelligence finance, regional chain finance, quantitative finance, digital currency and university professors in related fields, etc. .

10. Education

Purely new, including founders of education and training institutions, middle and senior managers, (vice) principals, subject leaders, researchers in the education field or well-known University professors, etc.

Generally speaking, the GTI visa has expanded the scope of application. It is currently in a period of favorable policies. Applying in the future will not be as easy as applying at the beginning. What applicants can do now is to apply as soon as possible before the application conditions are increased. To apply, especially for applicants in new fields, you must seize the opportunity.

Simply put, the Australian GTI Outstanding Talent Visa is an immigration project that can obtain permanent residence in Australia in one step. There are no requirements for age, English, net worth, business background, etc., and no scoring is required; it is a fast track for top talents in the high-tech industry to immigrate to Australia.

Project advantages:

Short review time

No language requirements

No scoring or career assessment requirements

No investment requirements

One-step family immigration

Adequate quota

Application requirements:

1. Make certain contributions to Australian society: Achieve outstanding achievements in designated fields

2. Applicants need to obtain certain professional achievements in 10 major fields or cross-cutting fields:

a. Have outstanding contributions in the field they are currently engaged in

b. Have outstanding abilities that surpass others in the field in which they are engaged

c. Have a record of sustained achievements

3. Be guaranteed by an individual or organization that meets the requirements

Guarantor requirements:

Over 18 years old

Australian citizens, permanent residents, eligible New Zealand citizens or relevant Australian organizations or institutions in the same field

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The guarantor or guarantee institution has a certain reputation in the field of applicant nomination

4. Any age is acceptable: If you are under 18 years old or over 55 years old when submitting the application, then Need to make special contributions to Australia

5. IELTS 4.5 or pay language fee

6. Good health and no criminal record

7. Have not been convicted before Australian visa refusal or visa cancellation experience

8. Need to prove the ability to achieve an annual income of 153,600 Australian dollars (choose one from three)

(1) The current salary meets the requirements and salary needs to be provided Shanhe Labor Contract

(2) Proof that an Australian company is willing to provide the applicant with an offer that meets the salary

(3) A PhD student who is about to graduate or within three years of graduation in a related field

4. New Australian immigration visa regulations in 2021

1. Changes in immigration quotas

It has been decided to maintain the upper limit of the immigration quota for 2020-21, which is 160,000 places. However, the composition of the quota has been significantly changed, tilting towards family-based immigrants.

This year’s family-based immigrant visa quota was increased from 47,732 to 77,300 at one time.

2. Prioritize employer sponsorship, global talent and business visas

As an important part of the budget announced in October last year. The federal government will give priority to immigration applications from entrepreneurs, investors and those who provide employment opportunities.

Those who want to grow Australian businesses, create Australian jobs and provide unlimited momentum for our economic recovery will be our introduction targets.

Among skilled immigrants, priority will be given to Global Talent, Business Innovation and Investment Plan (BIIP) and employer-sponsored visas.

3. Reopening of state-sponsored skilled immigrants

The Department of Home Affairs has issued the remaining final quotas for 2020-21 to states and territories, paving the way for the reopening of state-sponsored skilled immigrants in early 2021. the way.

Not surprisingly, the final quota is consistent with the previous interim plan, and this type of visa will focus on applicants who can help states or territories recover from the epidemic crisis.

4. Changes in application for family visas

Announced temporary modifications to the family reunion visa program to help applicants affected by the epidemic.

Specified family reunion visa applicants can wait for the visa result in China after submitting their visa overseas without returning overseas.

Announcing the changes, it said these "common sense" temporary visa accommodations would benefit about 4000 applicants currently in Australia, mainly those applying for the offshore partner visa (Subclass 309/100). people.

This measure applies to the following family visa subcategories:

Partner (subclass 309) visa

Prospective marriage (subclass 300) visa

Child (Class 101) visa

Adoption (Class 102) visa

Dependent child (subclass 445) visa

5. Spouse visa Language requirements

In order to maximize employment opportunities for new immigrants, the federal government announced that immigrants applying for partner visas and their permanent resident sponsors will be required to have basic application proficiency in English, or must prove that they Have made every possible effort to learn English.

When explaining the policy requirements, Melbourne’s immigration agency said that the partner visa needs to be processed in two steps. You first need to obtain a temporary visa for two years before you are eligible for permanent residence.

Under the new policy, applicants and sponsors do not need to prove their English proficiency when submitting temporary visas (309/820), but must prove it when applying for permanent visas (100/801).

6. Business immigrants face higher thresholds

The federal government announced that it will reduce business and investment visas from the existing 9 categories to 4 categories, namely business innovation, enterprise Entrepreneurs, investors and major investors.

This move is aimed at promoting Australia’s economic recovery after the COVID-19 epidemic.

Applicants for the Business Innovation Visa (Innovation) will now be required to hold business assets of AUD 1.25 million (originally required AUD 800,000) and have an annual turnover of AUD 750,000 (originally required AUD 750,000) AUD 500,000).

At the same time, the thresholds for some visas have been lowered. For example, the current capital threshold of 200,000 Australian dollars required for entrepreneurs to start a business visa will be eliminated from next year.

In addition, the high net worth investor visa, important business history visa and venture capital entrepreneur visa will stop accepting new applications in 2021. Applications for these visas that have already been submitted will continue to be processed.

7. There will be an additional one to two years of stay

Starting from this year, temporary graduate visa (TGV) holders who obtain a degree from an educational institution in a remote area will and were resident in Australia at the time of the first TGV, you will be eligible to apply for the second TGV.

The duration of the second TGV will be determined based on the student’s study location and living location during the first TGV.

In a statement to SBS, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs said that this incentive will provide necessary support to universities and communities in remote areas, which are currently suffering from the post-epidemic crisis. Financial pressures and massive job losses.

8. Temporary visa holders

If you violate biosecurity regulations, you will face new penalties

International students and temporary visa holders will face new penalties if they carry prohibited "high-definition" items. If you enter the country "risky biosecurity items" or fail to declare these dangerous items at the Australian border, you will be deprived of your visa and deported back home.

Previously, only tourists would have their visas canceled for violating biosecurity regulations.