What will this fiscal year be like for Skilled Migration Australia?
Seat allocations are now available.
Which states should you choose to move in or which ones you shouldn't?
I’ll give a brief insight as the complete policy hasn’t been published yet.
I’ll talk about the number of seat allocations.
The video is very important to understand, as it can affect your future decisions about where you want to go.
So, I’ll discuss this today.
My name is Nasir Nawaz and I’m a registered migration agent in Australia.
Today, I’m talking about the General Skilled Migration, quotas allocated to states and what will future immigration look like in this fiscal year.
So, look, everyone knows that there's a total of 160,000 seats allocated for immigration.
Among these 160,000 seats, 110,000 seats have been allocated to Skilled Visas and Family visas got almost 50,000 seats.
So what happened this year is that almost 30% of seats have been cut from Family Visas and added to Skilled Migration.
Under Skilled Migration Visas, there were 11,200 before, and now there’ll be 25,000.
Likewise, they increased the number of seats in Skilled Independent 189 allocation from 6,500 to 16,652.
Now, what just happened is that, seats are allocated to states in the state-nominated visas which include subclasses 190 and 491.
Now I’ll tell you the number of seats that were allocated to states in 190 and 491.
Knowing this will help you determine which state to move to or where your chances of moving could be high.
First of all, 600 seats are allocated to ACT for subclass 190 and 1,400 for 491. That means there’re around 2000 seats have been allocated for the ACT.
When it comes to Student Visa, it’s taking 10 months, 6 months, 8 months, or even a year.
Why it’s taking too long, we’ve no idea.
It’s a simple application then why does it take so long to assess it?
However, if the case is exceptional about a Student Visa application,
its character check or integrity is to be verified, then it may take some time to process.
But why each application takes too long to get processed is also a question mark!
Look if we talk about the UK, it gives you the result within 3 to 4 weeks in yes or no according to the circumstances.
But in Australia, the time period is too long. Similarly, there’re a lot of other applications.
In the case of subclass 476, I’ve already told you in my previous video that surprisingly, it takes 42 months to be processed which is published on the Department’s website.
Why is it so? All these things are starting to come to their notice and they already have an idea about this before.
So they’re very determined to work.
He further said,
“PM Albanese and I are focused on first clearing the backlog and I have been in discussions
regularly with departments and officials to make sure this is a priority.”
Look, a minister is a boss. Minister is a boss of the immigration department.
He said that I and Prime Minister, (PM is obviously a chief executive) are very focused to clear the backlog or pending applications.
I’ve also conveyed it to the Department and this is our absolute priority. We’re going to do this as a top priority.
Look, new applications will continue to be catering but the old applications due to which people are suffering, why is so?
The immigration minister has given a ray of hope and clearly given his statements.
He has ordered the Department to prioritize these applications.
If these applications are prioritized, not only will the processing run smoothly, but there’ll also be a reduction in processing time.
People will once again place a high priority on Australia. Currently, what’s happening is that people are confused that whether they should go to Australia or not.
But in all of this image-building process, the immigration minister is playing a vital role.
He’s determined, energetic and carrying out different things. Additionally, he stated:
“And I think we can’t overstate the importance of this with so many people who have been separated
for so long by reason of the pandemic. Those human connections need to be restored.”
Look, this point has to be understood from a different angle that human connection needs to be restored,
What does it mean? People got married, but the processing time is too long.
What is the purpose behind it? There’re a lot of other visas.
For example, if we talk about the General Skilled Migration, a person claims points while being single.
He has to maintain it at the time of invitation. He got married. After marriage, he loses 10 points for being married.
For instance, if their partner couldn’t score 10 points for them, their visa will be refused.
But if you prolong the processing time such as for subclass 491, 190, or 189, what will happen?
What will happen is that people will not get married, or if they do, they’ll hide their marriage or their marriages will end.
So you’re forcing people. You need to restore the human connection. Rather than prolonging the processing time, do it quickly.
So that people could start living their life or married life or whatever plans they might have, they could start them.
People should at least know whether they’ll come to Australia or not, will live there or not.
Consequently, when one thing is impacted, all of the other things get trickle-down or even collateral damages occur.
But the amazing thing is that the immigration minister knows about this.
What was happening, what we need to do. He’s very focused and clear.
He’s very clear-headed and knows what he’s doing. He’s aware that many things are causing loss.
So the immigration minister has given statements regarding this. Further, he added:
“And the last point I will make is that too many Australians have waited too long to become citizens.
That’s something that also needs to be addressed. The fact that too many people have waited for years, that’s just unacceptable.”
He talked about the Australian citizens as well. People who’re eligible and submitted their applications for citizenship.
Now what was happening? The applications were taking 2 to 2.5 years for citizenship.
He said that processing for citizenship should be done quickly.
It’s unacceptable that you’re extending the processing time for too long.