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Immigration Daily News URGENT UPDATE: 6:47pm 30/05/2014 Aus EST: End of the road for non-contributory parent visas and ‘other family' visas
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URGENT UPDATE: 6:47pm 30/05/2014 Aus EST: End of the road for non-contributory parent visas and ‘other family' visas
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In the latest migration programme, more places have been made available for the reunion of the closest of family members, partners and children and ‘contributory-parents’. These places have been taken from the other family and parent (non-contributory) categories to maintain the balance of the programme, according to DIBP.
Perhaps the writing has been on the wall for a long time given the lengthy wait periods for the non-contributory parent visas and “Other Family Visa” (which incorporates the aged parent, carer visa and aged dependent relative).
The Budget 2014-2015 has now made it clear that these visas will cease shortly. This is likely to happen before or by the end of this financial year.
“The Family Stream will refocus on meeting the increasing demand for close family reunions. The additional partner and child places will be made available as a result of the cessation of new applications from the other family and parent (non-contributory) places. This cessation will also enable faster processing of existing applications," states the Budget Paper.
Once it ceases, each parent application will be expected to contribute a substantial amount of money as part of the application. Together with the application fees this can come up to about $50,000.00. No date has been set as to when DIBP will stop accepting applications. It would be no surprise if DIBP is inundated with applications in the coming weeks as it is unlikely that lodged applications will be affected by the change, although no details have been released.
It is a sad tilt in favour of youth and wealth.
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Friday, 20 February 2015
When you consider the number of migrants coming to Australia and their applications to bring aged parents, it is not a huge number and is silly to think that it is going to be a burden to the economy. We also must not forget that parents also have contributed sometimes by selling their properties and investments to educate their children who become migrants in Australia. I got my PR in 2006 and after working for around 7 years, suddenly the government brings a rule saying that we cannot get down our parents unless we pay around $50,000 deposit per parent. It takes many years to save that amount and is not a practical figure. -
Monday, 26 May 2014
Dear Mr Morrisroe
Why is the non-contributor visa a free ride? What is so 'free' about it?
Please refer to my comment to Mr Ignorant below. -
Saturday, 17 May 2014
Oh Yes, too many these people
are ripping off
Australia's
welfare system. -
Monday, 26 May 2014
Dear Mr Ignorant
Do you know every parent visa holder has at least one family sponsor who will pay a substantial amount of security bond to the government?!
Every penny which is seemingly ‘paid by the government’ to those parent visa holders through for example Healthcare is actually deducted from their family sponsor’s security bond. You, the Australian tax payer, does NOT pay anything for immigrants’ parents!!!
The only effect of cancelling the non-contributory parent visa is that the Abbott government forces each immigrant to pay $50,000 for each parent in order to re-unite with their parents.
Also, do you know not all of the immigrants will be eligible to sponsor their parents? Do you now the long queue of waiting for 15-20 years to get a non-contributory parent visa?
Let me ask you, what do you advise those, who are the only child raised by a single parent and who cannot afford $50,000 to pay for a parent visa, to do? Do you know $50,000 is more than a lot of people’s 1 year salary before tax? How do you expect them to take care of their aged single parent - with their own money after paying tax - if they are in different countries? How do you feel if you were forced into this situation?
Don't you forget your own great grandparents or grandparents or parents were immigrants to the land of the Aboriginals' themselves too!
Why don't you question how the Abbott government help the rich to exploit the ordinary, the poor, the students, the ill and the aged Australian pensioners??!!
Who is ripping off Australia's welfare system? It is the Abbott government!
The Abbot government will cut $80 billion in Health and Education! The Abbott government will increase your tax on petrol! The Abbott government makes you to pay to see a GP. The Abbot government will give the tax money paid by you to the already rich private universities.
Mr Ignorant, it is the Abbott government who takes away your welfare entitlement, not a few immigrants' parents. -
Monday, 02 June 2014
I cannot agree with you more!
For those people thinks "The cost of sustaining Aging Australia is huge" should shoot yourself in 20 or 30 years time. dont use any money from the government once you are old! if you do, think about the words you said today!
you want statistic or evidence? how about you ask your mother how much time she spent on you to give you a good life so you can ask this "stupid" question here ???
The most imporntant thing in a family is to be together. Now there is a price on it---------$50,000. when was the last time you spent $50,000 on something? if you are really rich and dont give a SHT about this amount of money, let me know, I do need it right now!
Australian Government sucks. -
Friday, 16 May 2014
Sounds cool. Do you have freaking evidence or statistic to support your 'view' ?
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Friday, 16 May 2014
Hope is a terrible thing to kill.
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Monday, 02 June 2014
I know...... this sucks.
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Sunday, 18 May 2014
An informed debate would actually be extremely helpful on this issue - it's not as black and white (pardon the pun) or as simple as saying we need younger migrants to shoulder the cost of sustaining our ageing population - as to whether carer, parent and other family visa recipients are ripping off the australian welfare system, Ridge, please take time to read up on it instead of making such a sweeping (and stupid) statement, lest you're a troll and can't read nor understand anything for the life of you - we all know that trolls, as mythical creaters, are all brawn and no brain, should they exist...) so, how about if we take on a more intelligent approach to this issue (as we normally do) and come up with stats and view to inform what the impact would be? we have the collective expertise to contribute to it, surely...
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Sunday, 18 May 2014
No evidences? Then how could you whole things out?
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Sunday, 18 May 2014
All I want is for my single, self-supporting daughter to join the family in Aus. from South Africa. Were told the waiting list is 17yrs. We, that is me, the mother and her younger sister, who are pr. rsidents are prepared to sponsor.
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Monday, 02 June 2014
This government doesn't care about people like you. as well as you pay them money to come in and you pay tax so they can spend, they happy. other than that, they dont give a SHT.
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Tuesday, 20 May 2014
What I don't understand is if there is a sponsor what is the issue
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Wednesday, 21 May 2014
I understand the rationale behind parent visa, however I am particularly keen on understanding the reason behind carer visa. This puts me as a young single person in a tricky situation. If I end up in some kind of accident and require 24/7 care I would prefer to have one of my family member with me rather than complete strangers.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The vast majority of young migrants born after 1978 in China are the only child in their family. The vast majority of these new migrants are tax-paying workers, a lot of them young professionals. They are most likely earning a below average salary compared to their Ozzie peers. To cancel the 103 visa will mean that either they pay $100,000 for their parents to live in Australia, or they must accept the prospect that in 10-15 years their parents will be ailing by themselves, or in many cases by oneself if the other parent departs first. Or, they should be prepared to put their life on hold to go and stay in China to accompany their old parents for their last years. I have no judgement to make so far, I'm only stating the very bleak fact as someone with thorough understanding how it'll happen.
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
Then why should one can plan to stay permanently in Australia? The earnings will go from the Country permanently. No body plans to live without Parents and it is the responsibility to look after the balance life of the PARENTS peacefully.
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
It not fair to change the law
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Thursday, 22 May 2014
Government would like to pay for the refugee but not for the parents !
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Monday, 02 June 2014
funny, isn't it? this is Australian government!
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The non-contributory visa was a free ride that should have been eliminated years ago. The cost of sustaining Aging Australia is huge, and there is no hope of Australia continuing to pay for an aged population without substantial numbers of new and younger migrants. The birth rate here is so low that even the PM wants to pay the upper middle class to have babies (paid parental leave). That's probably not going to happen. There needs to be a program among our voluntary groups to raise cash to assist families to bring in parents. Unfortunately, volunteer organisations have been suffering for the last five years from falling contributions. In the meantime, we should expect to see the numbers of parent applications drop as soon as the "free" visas are eliminated.