The Government has delivered the 2020-21 Migration Program including the largest Partner Program in over 25 years by processing in excess of 72,000 places for couples seeking to reunite.
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The 2020-21 Migration program has delivered 160,052 places against the planning level of 160,000 allocated Partner Visa places, with the majority going to applicants already onshore. This has increased from 140,366 places delivered in 2019-20.
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Visa processing focused on onshore applicants and applicants in critical sectors and occupations.
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71.2 per cent of applicants finalised in the Skill Stream
The focus of the Migration Program in 2021-22 will continue to be on visa categories that help Australia's economic rebound and stabilise net overseas migration. The new allocation is similar to 2020-21 FY with 160,000 slots allocated for partner Visa.
Read more on Partner Visa: www.racc.net.au/partner-visa-australia
As part of the 2020-21 Federal Budget, the Department of Home Affairs announced changes to Australia’s Partner visa program will come into effect in November 2021.
1. New Sponsors Pre-Approval for Partner Visa Applications
Under the current legislation, the sponsoring partner and partner visa applicant lodge their applications at the same time.
As part of the reforms to the Partner visa program, the Australian Government will apply the family sponsorship framework to Partner visas from November 2021.
This change will split Partner visa applications into two steps:
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The sponsor will need to lodge their sponsorship.
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Sponsorship will need to be approved before the Partner visa application can be lodged.
2. New English language requirement for Partner visa applicants
Under the family sponsorship framework sponsors who are Australian permanent residents and partner visa, applicants will need to provide evidence of a functional level of English or demonstrate that they have made reasonable efforts to learn English when they reach the permanent Partner visa stage.
Reasonable efforts can include the completion of free English language classes through the Adult Migration English Program (AMEP). Migrants can now access as many hours as they need to reach functional English.
Minister of Immigration, Citizenship, Migration Service and Multicultural affairs Alex Hawke stated -
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Australia will continue to give priority to skilled visas that drive economic growth, job creation and investment in Australia.
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There will be ongoing flexibility within the migration program to respond to uncertain health, border and economic conditions arising from COVID-19.
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The Government will continue to be flexible and adapt to changing circumstances in global migration.
Recently, we (RACC) received invitation for our clients where Partner visa was Granted within 3 months. And, subclass 801 and subclass 820 was granted on the same day.
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