Australian Immigration Daily News

The AAT Bulletin for the 23 April 2019 is below.  Citizenship decisions can be found on page 3.  Migration decisions can be found on page 4.

AAT-Bulletin-23-April-2019.pdf

Since the introduction in 2012, Subclass 132 Visa grants are on the rise.  For example, at the inception of the program, State of Victoria issued a mere 34 invitations.  By comparison, 934 invitations were issued in 2017.

The purpose of Subclass 132 visa is to allow an applicant to establish a new or develop an existing business in Australia.

Business Talent Visa has two streams:

The designated area migration agreement (DAMA) programme has been developed to supplement the workforce strategies of states, territories and regions, to support economic performance and help them adjust to changing economic conditions.

The DAMA is a two-tier agreement: the first tier consists of an overarching five-year deed of agreement with a designated area representative setting out occupations, ceilings and concessions; and the second tier comprising individual labour agreements with direct employers.

DAMAs establish collaborative arrangements, with shared roles and responsibilities, between the Australian Government and regional or state and territory authorities. 

The temporary sponsored parent visa is designed to allow the parents of Australians to spend longer periods of time with their children in Australia without placing additional burden on Australia's health care system.  The sponsorship for this visa is now open to eligible sponsors wishing to bring their parents to Australia on a temporary basis.

The new visa will allow Australians to sponsor their parents to stay in Australia for up to five years at a time. A reminder that this new visa arrangement does not replace the existing Parent category visas. The new visa provides an important cultural link for children of Australian migrants, while recognising the social benefits afforded through parent reunification, such as assistance with minding of grandchildren. Additionally, this visa seeks to address long-standing community concerns about wait times under existing parent visa arrangements. This new visa arrangement is for parents (biological or adoptive) and step-parents of Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents and eligible New Zealand Citizens. A step-parent can only apply if they are still in a married/de facto relationship with a biological parent of the sponsoring Australian child.

A sponsor for a temporary sponsored parent visa must meet requirements specified in Migration Regulations in order for their sponsorship to be approved. These will include that the sponsor must:

It is evident that approximately about 80 percent of migrants settle in Sydney or Melbourne.  The remainder choose the rest of the eastern coast region.  Far and few travel outside metropolitan regions. Meanwhile, many regional towns continue to experience population decline and struggle to maintain the viability of basic services.  For example, a town of Pilbara has experienced consistent decline it it’s population.

Migration policy should take into account local population density and needs and encourage migrants to settle in regional Australia.

The National Farmers Federation is seeking that government makes further incentives for migrants to travel to regional Australia to ensure that population growth is evenly spread.  For example, some incentive ideas include: