Is there any way to avoid the cancellation of a student visa when the visa holder breaches a condition of the visa that requires him to be enrolled in a registered course throughout the duration of the visa?

This was the dilemma that confronted the visa holder in the case of Karki v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor, (2015) FCCA 1940 (20 July 2015). Unfortunately for the visa holder, the breach of the condition led the Department to cancel his student visa in the first instance, and that cancellation was affirmed both by the Migration Review Tribunal (as it was then known) and by the Federal Circuit Court.

However, the decision does highlight some possible “escape routes” that might be relied on by the holders of student visas to preserve their visas against cancellation and thus to maintain their entitlement to remain in Australia to continue with their studies. 

Given a chance, they land on their feet and potentially can become job creators, this is what figures released for the first time by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) seem to indicate.

According to the ABS figures, migrants generated $38 billion in total income in 2009-10. Almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of migrant taxpayers were Skilled, 28 per cent were Family migrants and 4 per cent were Humanitarian migrants. On average, skilled migrants earned a median wage of $43,593 and were from Britain, India, China, South Africa and the Philippines. Family migrants, who have been reunited with family members in Australia earned a median wage of $30,000 and humanitarian visa holders, earned a median wage of $27,000.

“While almost two-thirds of migrant taxpayers were migrants with a Skilled visa — reporting $26 billion in Employee income — Humanitarian migrants displayed greater entrepreneurial qualities and reported a higher proportion of income from their own unincorporated businesses and this income increased sharply after five years of residency,” noted Jenny Dobak from the ABS.

Migrants born in the UK reported the most total income at $8.8 billion, while migrants born in India were the second largest income contributors with $5.3 billion of total income. Migrants born in South Africa comprised only 5 per cent of all migrant taxpayers but received $2.8 billion in total income. People from Sudan and Sierra Leone earned the most income within the humanitarian category.

Median Employee incomes for Skilled males exceeded the median Employee income for Skilled females across all age groups. Almost 55 per cent of migrant taxpayers were males reporting 65 per cent or $24 billion of total income.

The statistics only included figures on permanent migrants, excluding people on temporary visas such as 457 or students visas who have been under particular scrutiny lately after the 7-Eleven franchise chain was exposed in Australia for grossly under-paying staff on student visas. Under the Abbott government, 13,750 people are granted a humanitarian visa a year. These figures are set to increase to 18,750 annually from 2018. The Abbott government yesterday announced a one-off increase of 12,000 humanitarian visa places to help resettle the estimated 4 million people displaced by the crisis in Syria.

The Abbott government today announced a commitment to increase the existing refugee intake of 13,750 people to 18,750 by 2018.

The Government has confirmed the 12,000 places it announced today will come on top of that previous commitment.

"We will move very quickly, but everyone who is resettled in Australia will be subject to the usual security, health and character checks," said Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

"Our focus for these new 12,000 permanent resettlement places will be those people most in need of permanent protection — women, children and families from persecuted minorities who have sought refuge in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey... the most vulnerable of all."

Source: SecurityDegreeHub.com

Apparently the Fuhrer is furious about Operation Fortitude. 

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