Visa delays triple for skilled migrants

An explosion in processing times Skills in demand visa (subclass 482 and previously sub -class 457reported by) Australia– with concerns It comes from the Australian Migration Institute (MIA) and Australia Industrial Group (AIG).

Average processing Time rose from 16 days to December 2023 in six months. It rose to 48 days in December 2024 in six months. This was inevitable for several reasons.

In accordance with To the Ministry of Interior (Dha):

In 2023-24, the lodgings of the primary visa applicants increased by 36 percent than 2022-23. In the first half of the 2024-25 program, 45,941 lodging, which was equal to 72 percent of all lodgings for 2023-24, shows that this high demand for talented overseas workers continues. ‘

In other words, the application rate was already exploded before the ambitious transaction periods were announced for the new version of this visa. Current transaction times reach the levels they are under the old opposition leader. Peter DuttonWhen he tries to make the interior minister and a foolish visa as difficult as possible.

DHA, we should never accept the ambitious transaction periods for this visa, a much greater increase in sources and the government should not give advice on the permanent migration program and pressure on net migration. Considering the target processing times, large and rapidly rising practices and a number of other visa, it cannot be delivered by DHA’s resources.

The size of the accumulated work of talented temporary visa applicants is emphasized with the number of land candidates for this visa in the accumulation of bridge visa rising from 3,038 to December 2024 in September 2023.

The strong land application rate will continue due to the following:

• Discount necessity For talented work experience from two years to one year;
• a series of other concessions For various industries and regional Australia; And
• numerous temporary graduates He is looking for in Australia (more than 200,000) to lengthen they stay.

Currently, there is a record number of talented temporary participants in Australia, which rises from 90,737 to 204,812 at the end of 2021. Migration strategy– This aims to reduce the confidence in temporary immigrants in favor of permanent immigrants.

The number of records of qualified temporary participants contribute to the increasing pressure on the permanent employer -backed visa. Although the places for this visa have increased significantly in 2024-25, the government will be under pressure to increase in 2025-26. Considering the exploding request for a common visa, this will be very difficult, Migration law Types should be delivered with demand -oriented.

The talented temporary visa contributes to a high level of net migration. In 2022-23, talented temporary participants contributed to the net migration 43,620 and 41,950 records in 2023-24. Faster processing the qualified temporary participants will put pressure on net migration at a time when the government tries to reduce it. Remember that talented temporary participants tend to come with the family and seek larger houses compared to students and working holidaymakers.

Although efficient processing of qualified temporary participants is vital, it is unlikely that MIA and AIG have their wishes at any time.

Another issue that tends to emerge when the number of talented temporary entries increases rapidly is the risk of workers’ exploitation. New arrangements The government put forward to reduce the risk of exploitation of the immigrant worker.

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DR ABUL Rizvi An independent Australian columnist And a former deputy secretary of the Ministry of Immigration. You can follow Abul on Twitter @Rizviabul.

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