【转】澳大利亚众议院签证数额封顶2010法案——三无申请人可能会受到影响

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对于已经lodgement了175的三无，到底有没有影响啊？当然职业不是理发师、厨师。。。

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澳大利亚众议院签证数额封顶2010法案– 三无申请人可能会受到影响

澳大利亚众议院于2010年5月26日公布的House of Representatives –Votes and Proceedings (众议院-投票于与诉讼)的报告中第23-24页提到Migration Amendment(Visa Capping) Bill 2010 (2010年移民修正案-签证数额封顶2010法案)，这是今年第二次澳大利亚众议院就此事发表讨论，由此可见政府部门对此事的强烈关注性。

讨论中强调移民修正案给予澳大利亚移民部长更多的权利去有效地管理移民澳大利亚的相关事宜。劳动力市场回馈信息指出，近期能够得到澳大利亚雇主担保申请移民的数额持续下降，表明雇主方面趋向无意担保再多的雇员移民澳大利亚。独立技术移民的申请数额逐日递增，已经超过了每年政府能够给予的配额数量。

根据数据统计，占相当大比例的已获得永居签证和符合条件正在等待永居签证结果的申请人，所提名的职业属于TRADE QUALIFICATION （职业技能培训类提名），例如厨师，美发师等。提到这一点的原因，应该是政府考虑到这些专业的技能水平不高，社会需求并没有这样大的数额。对于此类申请人，政府方面应该是较关注的，未来发展情况扑朔迷离。

修正案预计会给移民部长对于签证审理“两大特权” – “数额封顶权”和“对某类签证停止审理权”。此修正案通过后，移民部长有权对于某类签证给与最大数额限制，及对于超过数量限制申请有可能会被退回或延长审理周期。

就此事最近两天不少申请人询问我关于自己申请是否会受到影响，就不同种情况给于如下的适当回复，由于修正案还是在讨论中，有太多不稳定因素影响，以下内容也仅供参考。

TAFE毕业已经递交申请排队中的申请人们和目前马上毕业准备递交申请的申请人们，应该是政府部门较关注的申请人群体，由于劳动力市场对于此类工种数额上的需求不大，申请能够顺利完成的希望也会随之降低。

提名在新的SOL职业清单上的高等学历（本科和研究生）申请人应该还是社会需要的移民类人才主要来源，对于未来1-2年内毕业的申请人应该不会有太大的影响，太久之后毕业的申请就不能确定，毕竟移民局的政策修改是难以提前预测的。

就境外类175，176，475签证申请6月30日是否能够顺利再次开放，目前也没有得到确切信息，就本草案的讨论的情况来看，自5月8日停止接收对上述三类签证的申请后，不知道会不会有新的影响。

近期也有不少人在评论关于亲属担保的176及886签证申请是否会受到影响或有新的规定颁布，目前尚不得知。但建议申请人们还是选择高等级的职业评估和专业课程，以提高未来移民和工作申请的竞争力。

本文仓促下翻译及编写，内容难免有误或措辞不当之处，欢迎指正。

Hanson.Sun

孙晓刚

澳大利亚悉尼

2010年5月28日

以下编译数字和重要内容提示源于其英文原件，具体信息以英文为准：

-   澳大利亚众院拟修改移民法案以限制和退回积压移民申请

-   根据此文件给出的数字，2007-2008财年，41000个普通技术移民签证中，5000个发给了厨师和理发师。目前，仍然有17594个厨师和理发师的申请等候处理。

-   目前，仍有147000个主申请人和副申请人在等候签证结果。

-   修改将给予移民部长更多权力

-   根据申请者申请签证的类别给以限制和终止某种特定签证类别的申请

-   根据签证申请者的特定情况，在一个财年内，决定某种签证的最大签发数量

-   将已经递交的多余的签证申请视为从未申请过，或理解为退回申请

-   这些特定情况可能包括：申请人的提名职业，申请人递交签证的时间

MIGRATION AMENDMENT (VISA CAPPING) BILL 2010

First Reading

Bill and explanatory memorandum presented by MrLaurie Ferguson.

Bill read a first time.

Second Reading

Mr LAURIE FERGUSON (Reid—Parliamentary Secretaryfor Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services)

(10.55 am)—I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

The Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010amends the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) to give the Minister for Immigrationand Citizenship greater power to effectively manage the migration program.

The number of places in the skilled migrationprogram available to applicants who are not sponsored by an employer continuesto decline, as the government’s priority is to support demand driven—that is,employer sponsored—migration. At the same time, the number of pendingapplications continues to grow as the demand for general skilled migrationvisas exceeds the number of places available in the program.

The general skilled migration visa program has alsobecome dominated by applicants nominating a limited number of occupations eventhough there are some 400 occupations that are acceptable for general skilledmigration purposes. This has made it difficult for the program to deliver thebroad range of skills needed in the Australian economy and the Australianlabour market.

In the 2007-08 program year, of the 41,000 general skilledmigration visas granted, more than 5,000 went to cooks and hairdressers.Further, there are currently 17,594 valid applications which have been made by peoplenominating their occupation as a cook or hairdresser which have not yet beenfinalised.

This matter is currently being addressed through priorityprocessing arrangements. Under these arrangements, applicants that are sponsoredby an employer, nominated by a state or territory government authority, or havean occupation which is in critical demand in Australia have their applicationprocessed before other applications.

However, these arrangements alone do not address theproblem of large numbers of valid applications that continue to be made byapplicants who are not spon sored and who are nominating occupations that arenot in demand. Currently there are 147,000 primary and secondary applicants forgeneral skilled migration visas waiting in the pipeline for a visa decision.

Amendment to ‘cap and terminate’ measures To address these issues, the bill proposes tointroduce a power by which the minister may cap visas and terminate visaapplications on the basis of certain characteristics. Currently, the Act gives the minister the power to makea legislative instrument in a certain class or subclass to cap visas andterminate applications for that class or subclass. The proposed amendments willenable the minister to cap visa grants and terminate visa applications based onthe class or classes of applicant applying for the visa.

In particular, the proposed amendments will allow theminister to make a legislative instrument to determine the maximum number ofvisas of a specified class or classes that can be granted in a financial yearto visa applicants with specified characteristics. Similar to the currentpower, the amendments will also allow the minister to treat outstandingapplications for the capped visa as never having been made.

Characteristics that may be specified include theoccupation nominated by the applicant, or the time at which the applicant madetheir application. The characteristics will be objective, and relate toinformation that is provided to the department when an application for a visais made.

The characteristics that will be specified willdepend on the purpose of the particular determination to cap and terminate visaapplications and will be consistent with Australia’s international obligations.For example, if the determination is made for the purpose of limiting thenumber of applicants in the skilled migration program with the same nominatedoccupation, then a cap would be placed on applications which nominate that particularoccupation.

To terminate a visa application is different to adecision to refuse a visa application. When an application is terminated it istaken not to have been made. Applicants who are affected by a cap will havetheir visa application charge refunded to them. Further, a visa applicationwhich has been terminated is not subject to merits review.

Application to the general skilled migration visa program

The amendments proposed in this bill not onlyprovide a power to cap general skilled migration visas and terminate generalskilled migration visa applications but are broad enough to allow other classesof visas to be capped. This provides the government with a tool for thetargeted management of all aspects of the migration program which will beavailable as the need arises.

The exception to this will be protection visas. Theminister cannot make a cap and terminate determination in relation toprotection visas.

However, the primary policy imperative of theproposed amendments is to allow the minister to end the ongoing uncertaintyfaced by general skilled migration applicants whose applications are unlikelyto be finalised because their skills are not in demand in Australia.

The proposed amendments will better addressAustralia’s skills shortages by limiting the number of general skilledmigration visas able to be granted to applicants whose occupations are inoversupply, thereby leaving more spaces in the program available to applicants whoseoccupation is in demand.

This will allow the Australian government todeliver a skilled migration program that is more tightly focused on high-valueskills that will assist in meeting the medium- to long-term needs of theAustralian economy.

The government’s intention is to establish arealistic balance between providing the skills Australian employers need andensuring the maximum opportunities for Australian citizens and permanentresidents in a changing employment market.

This amendment is just one in a package of reforms thegovernment is currently making to the skilled migration program to ensure thatit is able to target skilled migrants with the high-value, nation-buildingskills that Australia needs.

Conclusion

This bill represents an important step in achievingthe government’s objectives of a flexible skilled migration program that can beadapted to the economic and business cycle and the needs of Australian businessand industry.

[ 本帖最后由 marissa8668 于 29-5-2010 06:39 编辑 ]

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ma.qy

"今年第二次澳大利亚众议院就此事发表讨论，由此可见政府部门"????
澳大利亚是3权分立的民主国家，国会和政府完全不是一个系统的。
国会关心怎么能表示是政府关心？

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