PR Applications to be Terminated‏

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Australian Government is very close to passing a legislation which will change the lives of many students and graduates waiting decision on their residency who have legally come to Australia to study and with the hope to make this country as a place of residence. They are proposing to TERMINATE the applications of many existing visa applicants. In parliament at the moment is a bill that will allow the minister to allocate a certain amount of places to each occupation in the points test (whether that be Accountant, Cook, Nurse etc) and then when that quota is met, he seeks to be able to then not just stop processing in that occupation for the rest of the program year but much worse, actually return those applications back to visa applicants. In other words your application will be just AXED even if you have been waiting a year, 2 years, 3 years for a decision. This is potentially going to affect many thousands of people who have been waiting and details are below in the transcript from parliament this week.


This is unfair in so many ways and is the most draconian piece of legislation. It eats at the core of Australian fairness for all those people who have sacrificed so much in making sure they meet Australia's requirements, lodged perfectly good applications, and then had to wait patiently whilst their applications and lives have been put on hold an inordinate amount of time.



Note this is not the fault of the department of immigration (DIAC), they only follow what they are told to do. This legislation is the responsibility of the minister for immigration and ultimately the PM. This legislation is close to passing and I would suggest that if you feel this is unfair and wrong, that you make contact with not just your local MP urgently but also contact the other people below of influence.



Tell them how much you have spent in time, money and emotional toil and how much you trusted Australia to stand by their own laws.


Minister for Immigration : Senator Chris Evans minister@immi.gov.au


Prime Minister: The Hon Kevin Rudd http://www.pm.gov.au/PM_Connect/contact_your_pm_form (you need to fill a form on his website)


Deputy Prime Minister: The Hon Julia Gillard dpm@dpm.gov.au


Leader of Opposition: The Hon Tony Abbott Tony.Abbott.MP@aph.gov.au