‘Underclass of permanently temporary migrants’: Concerns about Australia’s new regional visas

NEWS: Potential migrants looking to settle in country Australia on new regional visas are calling for lowering the income threshold they have to meet for three years before they can apply for permanent residency. There are concerns that some of them may never be able to earn enough to be able to get permanent residency.

Regional Visa

According to the Department of Home Affairs new Contributory Parent visa applications are likely to take at least 65 months to be released for final processing Source: Getty Images

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Published 14 October 2019 11:33am
Updated 14 October 2019 12:06pm
By Shamsher Kainth
Presented by Parisuth Sodsai
Source: SBS Punjabi


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