Australia, Canada & NZ Immigration News - October 2020 Issue #6

Australia, Canada & NZ Immigration News

October 2020 Issue #6

In this issue:

·  Business migration to Australia soars under new budget

·  Australian immigration to gradually resume in 2021

·   Migration to Australia impartial for economic recovery

·   Spousal visas to Canada to be given priority processing

·   Quebec invites record number for Canadian immigration

·   Local firms reinvigorated by workers moving to Canada

·  NZ immigration urged to open borders for investors

·   Other global news

Australian Immigration

Business migration to Australia soars under new budget

The Australian government has prioritised business visas to Australia in the new budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

Under the new budget, the Business Innovation and Investment Program has been allocated 13,500 places for the remaining three quarters of the new fiscal year.

Per this ratio, the total number of allocations for this program for the 2020-21 fiscal year is 18,000 places.

Applicants who apply for business migration visas to Australia under this program will benefit from priority processing of their applications, which is set to continue for the upcoming years.

You can read more about this by clicking here.

Australian immigration to gradually resume in 2021

Australia’s Treasury is hopeful of travel restrictions being relaxed to let Australian visa holders return to the country in 2021, according to reports.

Ahead of the Australian government’s announcement on the new Migration Program planning levels, the Treasury assumes the country’s international borders will be gradually opened in the first half of 2021, allowing skilled and business visa holders to resume Australian immigration.

International travellers entering Australia will have to quarantine themselves for 14 days upon arrival in the country.

You can read more about this by clicking here.

Migration to Australia impartial for economic recovery

Amidst slow immigration to Australia in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have called on the government to encourage international arrivals to get the economy back on track.

Results obtained from modelling by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) show that recent skilled and business visa holders to Australia have had a positive impact on the Australian workforce, wages and participation of local workers.

These findings are also in tandem with modelling done by the Australian National University’s (ANU) Productivity Commission, which show that immigrants with skilled and business visas to Australia helped boost wages and employment, and had no negative impacts on the labour market outcomes for Australia’s local workers.

You can read more about his here.

Canadian Immigration

Spousal visas to Canada to be given priority processing

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has proclaimed it will speed up processing times for spousal visas to Canada through to the end of 2020.

IRCC, the Canadian immigration department, said this decision comes based on the government’s aim to process 6,000 spousal visa applications every month between October and December of this year.

As a result of this step, 49,000 spousal visa applications to Canada will now receive decisions by the end of 2020.

You can read more on this by clicking here.

Quebec invites record number for Canadian immigration

Quebec has held its biggest immigration draw of the year, inviting 365 applicants to move to Canada as a permanent resident.

All invitees were applicants for a skilled visa to Canada under Quebec’s Regular Skilled Worker Program.

Candidates who were invited had to submit an Expression of Interest to the Canadian province through the Arrima portal – which manages applications for the Regular Skilled Worker Program – for a Canadian visa to apply for Canadian permanent residency.

For more on this news, please click here.

Local firms reinvigorated by workers moving to Canada

Immigrants with skilled visas to Canada significantly increase the productivity of Canadian firms, according to a study by Statistics Canada.

According to the study, immigrants specialising in skilled trades tend to increase the productiveness and growth of Canadian businesses over time.

Positive impacts of immigrants who travel to Canada on skill level programs include improved productivity levels, worker wages and business profits.

You can read more about this by clicking here.

New Zealand Immigration

NZ immigration urged to open borders for investors

New Zealand’s immigration department is under pressure to reopen borders to allow holders of investor visas to New Zealand back into the country.

Immigration NZ currently has around 270 category one and two visa applications from investors looking to invest in New Zealand businesses.

Each applicant for the country’s investor visas is set to invest between $3 million and $10 million each, with a total of more than one billion dollars of economic investment on hold due to the border closures.

You can read more about this news here.

Your Guide to Exploring the Best of Australia: Sydney!

Migration to Australia – Five fun things to do in Sydney

During the dark times of COVID-19, holidays and vacation plans have become nonexistent with practically the entire world in lockdown. However, we should look ahead to prepare for the time when things return to normality, when we can visit new places again and enjoy the diversity of the world around us! If you plan to visit Australia after travel restrictions are lifted, Sydney is the place to go to, and to help you make the most of your time in Sydney, here are five fun activities to pursue in the city!

1.       Indoor Skydiving

2.       Swimming with Sharks

3.       Floating in Hot Air Balloons

4.       Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

5.       Hornby Lighthouse

To learn more about these activities, click here!

Other Global News

New Zealand

Skilled immigration to New Zealand in line for a boost

Skilled workers interested in New Zealand immigration have been given hope of priority processing by the country’s ACT Party.

Speaking at a press release, ACT’s Spokesperson for Immigration Dr James McDowall said the ACT Party would focus on prioritising and streamlining the immigration process for skilled foreign workers looking to move to New Zealand.

Businesses and other major infrastructure projects in New Zealand have been suffering from a desperate shortage of local skilled workers, and with border closures preventing new skilled immigrants from entering the country, the economy has been negatively impacted.

The ACT Party also outlined plans to attract skilled and semi-skilled workers from overseas to support the local workforce and help employers find suitably qualified employees for their businesses to restart the country’s economic growth.

United States

White House gathering leads to Covid-19 outbreak

Dr Anthony Fauci, a leading virus expert in the US, has criticised the White House for hosting a gathering which has been linked to an outbreak of Covid-19.

Dr Fauci, who is an active member of the White House coronavirus task force, labelled the unveiling of President Donald Trump’s nominee to the US Supreme Court as a “superspreader event” after 11 attendees tested positive.

The virus has killed more than 213,000 people since its outbreak in the US, with Mr Trump himself testing positive earlier this month.

Armenia

Armenia and Azerbaijan agree temporary ceasefire over Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached a temporary ceasefire over conflicts in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Sergey Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, announced the agreement over the ceasefire after 10 hours of talks in the Russian capital.

The two countries will now have “substantive” talks after more than 300 people died and thousands were displaced due to the violence.

Spain

Spain announces state of emergency in Madrid

The Spanish government has imposed a 15-day state of emergency in Madrid to prevent coronavirus infection rates from increasing.

7,000 police officials have been deployed in the capital to enforce restrictions.

Madrid authorities successfully challenged the imposed lockdown in court, but Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez invoked constitutional powers to reimpose the lockdown.

At least 723 infections were reported in the capital last week, as the virus threatens a second-wave of an outbreak.

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