호주정부가 이민법에 대한 대수술을 단행했습니다
전례없이 2007년 9월 이전 독립기술이민을 신청한 2만명의 비자심사를 취소함에 따라
호주이민희망자들이 날벼락을 맞았습니다
누구도 쉽게 예상하지 못한 소급적용입니다
하지만 호주이민이 인생역전의 로또복권은 아니며 호주에 이민가지 않고 국내에 남게
되는 것이 전화위복이 될 수도 있지 않나 생각합니다
한국이 이제 세계의 중심, 떠오르는 태양으로 발돋움했다 싶습니다
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Australia rejects 20,000 would-be immigrants
Australia has rejected 20,000 immigration applications as part of a package of reforms designed to address skills shortages and cut the number of foreign students enrolled in vocational courses securing permanent residency.
Canberra has also revoked its Migration Occupations in Demand programme, which covered 106 occupations, which will be replaced by a “more targeted” Skilled Occupations List. In addition, it is reviewing its points system whereby potential migrants score marks based on qualifications, skills and proficiency in English.
“The current points test puts an overseas student with a short-term vocational qualification gained in Australia ahead of a Harvard-educated environmental scientist,” said senator Chris Evans, minister for immigration and citizenship.
He said Australia needed a demand rather than supply-driven migration programme that addressed shortages in the healthcare, engineering and mining sectors. “The new arrangements will give first priority to skilled migrants who have a job to go to with an Australian employer. For those who don’t have an Australian employer willing to sponsor them, the bar is being raised,” senator Evans said.
Australia’s skilled migration programme rose from 108,540 to 114,780 in the year ended June 30. However, the government has forecast that number will drop back to 108,100 in 2009-10, down 20 per cent from estimates a year ago.
Australia’s unemployment rate fell to 5.5 per cent in December from a peak of 5.8 per cent in August, low by developed world standards, as more jobs were created to absorb new workforce entrants. Kevin Rudd, prime minister, on Monday said the jobless rate looked to have peaked after government stimulus measures created an estimated 112,000 jobs.
Fitch, the credit ratings agency, this month warned of skills shortages in Australia’s energy and mining sectors which would lead to higher costs.
It said that liquefied natural gas projects being built in Australia – which could create 60,000 jobs – required the same types of workers as the mining and infrastructure sectors.
Maurene Horder, chief executive of the Migration Institute of Australia, an association for migration service providers, said the 20,000 would-be immigrants that had been rejected would be disappointed.
All of them lodged applications outside Australia before September 2007 under what Canberra said were “easier standards, including lower English language skills and a less rigorous work experience requirement”. Visa application charges will be refunded at a cost of A$14m.
Ms Horder said an overhaul of the migration system was overdue but important details were missing, including what jobs qualified for the Skilled Occupation List. That list is expected to be published in the coming months and will be reviewed annually by Skills Australia, an independent body.
“It leaves people in a hiatus,” she said. “Some students coming to Australia with the hope of getting residency will have already applied for courses and now they will not know whether that works.”
After a spate on attacks on Indian students living in Australia last year, Canberra clamped down on vocational educational providers. Many of the close to 100,000 Indian students in Australia are in vocational institutions, obtaining skills such as commercial cookery, hairdressing and automotive repair, in the hope of becoming permanent residents.
International students whose occupation is not on the new list have until 2012 to obtain a temporary skilled graduate visa once their studies are complete. That will give them 18 months to obtain relevant work experience and time to find an employer sponsor.
원본출처 : 파이낸셜타임스 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bc6e39a4-1489-11df-9ea1-00144feab49a.html
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호주 연방정부가 2007년 9월1일 이전에 독립기술이민을 신청한 외국인 2만명에 대해 비자심사를 전격 취소하고 미용, 요리 등 단순기술자를 '부족(不足)직업군'에서 삭제함에 따라 한국 독립기술이민 신청자와 한국 유학생, 한국계 유학원들이 큰 혼란에 빠졌다.
8일 호주 연방정부 이민시민부와 호주에서 영업중인 한국계 유학원 등에 따르면 이날 이민시민부의 이민법 강화 방침이 발표된 이후 시드니시내 유학원, 법무사 등에는 이민법 개정 내용을 묻는 문의가 잇따랐다.
특히 독립기술이민 신청자 가운데 비자심사 취소 대상에 포함된 사람들은 허탈함을 감추지 못하고 있다고 이민대행사들은 전했다.
한국의 독립기술이민 신청자들은 호주 영주권을 취득하기 위해 2년여동안 심사가 이뤄지길 기다렸으나 결국 허사가 됐다.
원본출처 동아일보 http://news.donga.com/Inter/3/02/20100208/26021806/1&top=1