Overseas Students Visa Migration Applications
Dec 15th 2009, 4:01 am
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Overseas Students Visa Migration Applications
TENS of thousands of overseas students studying expensive courses in Australia in the hope of securing permanent residency could be sent home empty-handed under changes being considered by the Federal Government.
The Herald has obtained a document prepared by the Immigration Department recommending changes ''in the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa''.
This means immigrants who have met the demands of the current system and would be automatically accepted could be arbitrarily refused.
''This is going to spark mass panic,'' Karl Konrad, a migration agent who has seen the document, said.
The Herald has obtained a document prepared by the Immigration Department recommending changes ''in the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa''.
This means immigrants who have met the demands of the current system and would be automatically accepted could be arbitrarily refused.
''This is going to spark mass panic,'' Karl Konrad, a migration agent who has seen the document, said.
Dec 15th 2009, 4:08 am
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Dec 15th 2009, 9:19 am
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Re: Overseas Students Visa Migration Applications
Well I won't panick just yet. I'm sure when it gets to actual meetings someone with a brain will point out just how much money is coming into the country through students hoping to get PR.
Dec 15th 2009, 11:03 am
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Re: Overseas Students Visa Migration Applications
Unless I am being stupid (I have had a glass of wine) it doesn't say anything really - just that there may be changes? Same as every visa at least a dozen times a year!
What does
''in the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa''.
mean anyway!?
What does
''in the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa''.
mean anyway!?
