Here is what Labor's 2023-2024 federal budget means for Australian migration:
Skilled migrants prioritised
The government will return the planning level for permanent migration in 2023-24 to 190,000 places. It had previously been
increased to 195,000 in the Albanese government's first budget last October.
It will allocate 137,100 places (around 70 per cent) to skilled migrants, in order to address persistent skill shortages. This is down slightly from 142,400 places in the 2022-23 program.
There will be 52,000 places allocated to the family stream, which is predominately made up of partner visas.
Partner and child visas will remain demand-driven.
Changes to student visas
In an effort to address workforce shortages, student visa work restrictions were relaxed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and removed last January. This allowed primary and secondary student visa holders to work over the usual limit of 40 hours per fortnight.
But from 1 July, student visa work restrictions will be re-introduced and capped at an increased rate of 48 hours per fortnight. This was confirmed in the federal budget, handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers, which said international students working in the aged care sector will be exempt from the limit until 31 December 2023.
Also from this date, some holders of subclass 485 Temporary Graduate visas will be able to stay in Australia for a longer period.
The extension means a stay period of four years for Bachelor's degree graduates (up from two years), five years for Master's degree graduates (up from three) and six years for doctoral graduates (up from four).
Clearer pathways for permanent residency
The budget includes better pathways to permanency for Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) (subclass 482) visa holders.
Restrictions will be removed to enable TSS visa holders on the short-term stream access to permanent residence pathways through the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa. The government will also remove the limit of one onshore renewal for the short-term stream TSS visa.
Currently, 173,000 migrants have been in Australia for five years or more on a temporary work or student visa.
Source: DHA
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