Following the recent election in Australia, the Labor government has been returned to power. A new Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen has been appointed.
This will be of interest to migrants currently awaiting their application to be processed and those hoping to apply soon.
We now understand that all Australian State governments have submitted State Migration Plans to the Immigration Minister to approve. These State Migration Plans will allow State governments in Australia to select migrants with the desired skills required by that State.
Once Ministerial approval is received, then State governments will be able to receive applications for State sponsorship. We understand that the criteria for State sponsorship may not necessarily be the same as the previous criteria used by States for selection.
In the meantime, the wait for existing applicants continues while no further information on processing priorities has been made available. The position of the previous government was that the imposition of processing priorities was for the benefit of the Australian economy and that this was to be placed ahead of the expectations of migrants.
We wait to see if any changes will be made to such priorities and if a system where applicants are processed in chronological order can be re-introduced.
www.commonwealthimmigration.com
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