移民改革计划泄漏正在等待PR的数万学生或被拒签附官方文件

http://www.smh.com.au/national/visa-review-may-spark-panic-20091211-kok3.html
Visa review may 'spark panic'
NICK O'MALLEY INVESTIGATIONS
December 12, 2009

TENS of thousands of overseas students studying expensive courses in Australia in the hope of securing permanent residency could be sent home empty-handed under changes being considered by the Federal Government.

The Herald has obtained a document prepared by the Immigration Department recommending changes ''in the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa''.

This means immigrants who have met the demands of the current system and would be automatically accepted could be arbitrarily refused.

''This is going to spark mass panic,'' Karl Konrad, a migration agent who has seen the document, said.

Such changes could affect anyone seeking to gain permanent residency through the skilled migration program, but would have the gravest effect on students who have spent thousands of dollars and years of their lives on courses here on the presumption they would secure residency.

There are 137,000 such students here waiting on approval who could have the rug pulled from under them if the changes are made retrospective.

''The Australian Government has grown fat off these students with the lure that they can get permanent residency,'' Mr Konrad said.

It is understood the Migration Institute of Australia was to have been briefed by the Government but that the meeting had been delayed until next week.

The chief executive of the Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Andrew Smith, said such a change would immediately cut the number of students coming into Australia.

''[Schools] have taken deposits, hired teachers, set up classes … there would be a considerable commercial impact,'' he said.

Mr Smith said the Government had created the expectation among foreign students that they could achieve permanent residency through study and had a responsibility to them as a result.

A spokesman for the department said the document was part of a consultation process and no decision would be made on the changes until next year.

The document also outlines recommendations to reduce the number of unsponsored skilled migrants accepted, but making it easier for 457 business visa holders to become permanent residents.

It notes ''perverse outcomes'' in the system that make it easier for a hairdresser to achieve permanency than a scientist. It noted that ''integrity measures'' in the skilled migration program needed review.

Australia's $16 billion overseas student industry has been plagued with controversy over the past 12 months, with students demanding action from police over allegedly racially motivated attacks and appealing to the Government to better regulate the private colleges.

This year more than a dozen schools have collapsed, leaving students out of pocket and uncertain over their immigration status.

TiGer:
这个消息可靠吗?太可怕了,留学生们太可怜了.

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重点在最后一页

Selects skilled migrants on the basis of those who score the highest rather than those who simply meet the prescribed pass mark;
正如我几个月前所说的，移民分高低可能将有影响。

Changes the relationship between the lodgement of an application and the legal obligation to grant a visa, thereby eliminating long and costly visa application pipelines;

Australian Immigration Law Services的Karl Konrad在发给学生的月度通信中称：
This will mean that there will no longer be any certainty of gaining your visa just because you lodged your application. There is also the possibility DIAC may retrospectively apply these changes to those students already waiting for their residency on bridging visas.

回复 2# wwzs

相关文件确实存在，但是是否会实行还要等到明年才会见分晓。

看来还是MODL的事情,不知道他们具体怎么改,难道学生真的没有机会吗?UNFAIR

到时候肯定暴乱的啊！

就是说你即使满足120分也被拒签？以什么理由呢？arbitrarily refused？无理由拒签？

还有天理没有？

就是说你即使满足120分也被拒签？以什么理由呢？arbitrarily refused？无理由拒签？ ...
whoisit 发表于 2009-12-13 11:11

按照我个人的解读，TAFE学生可能要倒霉了

至于120分还拒签的问题，今天还听到一个版本的说法：
1、不同职业的人在满足一定条件的情况下获得特定的加分（以审批时为准，而非申请时为准，也就是说，随时可能会变化）
2、基于1的基础上，以总分由高到低为序批准
3、一定时间没有被批准的境内申请，自动过期，BVA失效。

想问问，依照他们的移民法，申请人都有哪些权利？？？