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Thank you for your feedback to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Global Feedback Unit on 2 June 2014, Reference Number: XXXX regarding the repeal of the Non-contributory Parent and Other Family visas on 2 June 2014.
The Australian Government announced its intention to close the Non-Contributory Parent and Other Family visas in the budget papers on 13 May – almost three weeks before their repeal on 2 June 2014. Following the Budget announcement, the department’s website and advice to clients and stakeholders indicated the visas would be closed to new applications before the beginning of the 2014–15 Migration Programme year.
The department has instigated an administrative process to ensure that there is consistent treatment of all Parent, Aged Parent and Other Family visa applications received by the department in the days leading up to, and following, the repeal date of 2 June 2014. This includes allowance for all avenues by which an application may be delivered to an Immigration office in Australia, or to an Australian Immigration office or service delivery partner overseas.
Please note that if you have submitted a visa application for the repealed subclasses, you will be advised by the department whether your application can be accepted.
More advanced notice is not usually provided prior to changes or repeals of visa subclasses in order to avoid a last minute flood of applications which would push out waiting times even further. With currently over 36 000 Parent and 7600 Other Family visa applications awaiting finalisation, this existing pipeline will enable their planning levels to be delivered for some years into the future. These will continue to be queued and processed in accordance with existing legislation, policy and processing direction.
The government recognises that the repeal of these visas will be disappointing to many people. However, the programme had become unsustainable, with applications outstripping available places, creating decades-long queues. Based on current applications on hand, the waiting time for a Non-Contributory Parent Visa is approximately 13 years, 4 years for Carer visas, and 16 years for Aged Dependent Relative and Remaining Relative visas. The unfortunate reality was that a Parent visa applied for in May 2014 would not have resulted in a person being able to come to Australia on that visa until mid-2027 at the earliest.
The repealed visa classes were ultimately unsustainable in that they had a significantly negative effect on the Budget, as opposed to skilled migration which has a strongly positive effect on the Budget.
Parents of an Australian citizen or permanent resident can still apply to migrate to Australia under the Contributory Parent visa programme which remains unchanged. These visas require applicants to make a substantially higher financial contribution towards their future health, welfare and other costs in Australia and can be granted within 12 to 24 months. Application costs for Contributory Parent visas can be staggered by first applying for a temporary visa and then the permanent visa after two years. There are also flexible Visitor visa arrangements for Parent visa applicants so that they can visit family in Australia for periods of up to 12 months at a time. For many families this provides greater flexibility without the need for parents to wait for years in a queue for a permanent visa.
Ultimately, the migration programme must strike the right balance between sustainable family reunion and maximising Australia’s longer term economic growth and prosperity. The family programme will re-focus on the entry on immediate family members – partners and children – and on parents who are able to make a financial contribution to Australia.
Thank you for your feedback.
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