Australia's visa changes and opportunities for this coming year have been confirmed in the federal budget. Here's what you might have missed.
The government will return the planning level for permanent migration in 2023-24 to 190,000 places. It had previously beenIt will allocate 137,100 places to skilled migrants, in order to address persistent skill shortages. This is down slightly from 142,400 places in the 2022-23 program.
The application fee for a visitor visa subclass 600, which will affect tourists, is set to increase alongside the student 500 visa, which affects international students, and the working holiday visa, the type used by backpackers.The Pacific Engagement Visa and Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme will not be affected by the fee hike.
Migration lawyer Rebecca MacMillan from law firm Holding Redlich welcomed the review and reforms as being broadly “sensible” but warned there is a long road ahead.“The recommendations would need some serious thought around how they will be introduced.
The forecasts show a two-year acceleration that is well above initial estimates, before a period of stabilisation.
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