Under a proposed, two-stage process thousand of workers and their families from across the Pacific will be offered a path to permanent residency under a visa scheme the government hopes to have running by midyear.
abc.net.au/news/government-announces-3-000-visas-for-pacific-workers/101981264A new visa will allow up to 3,000 people from the Pacific region to migrate to Australia as permanent residents each year, under a scheme modelled on a New Zealand immigration program.
"In the second stage, applicants selected by the ballot will be able to then apply for the visa," the government said in a statement.
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