Hi mga ka-489 and 491. I Just received an email from Senator McKim’s office kanina:
Dear ——-
Thank you again for emailing me and for sharing your story about how Australia’s international border closure has affected you.
As you may know, for the past eighteen months the Australian Greens have been advocating very strongly for temporary visa holders that are overseas and watching their visas rapidly run down (or expire) through no fault of their own.
The Government has had plenty of time to extend and reinstate people’s visas, and work to end the heartache for the tens of thousands of people that have been affected by the international border closure.
Today, the Greens are releasing legislation to fix some of the issues you have raised with me.
Specifically, the Greens Legislation will:
Extend visas by the amount of time people have been stranded overseas until the day they receive a travel exemption or the international borders are re-opened;
Reinstate visas that have expired while a person was stranded overseas and unable to return due to the border closure;
Apply to all temporary visa classes that have been affected by the international border closure, including:
People with a Bridging Visa B;
People on Skilled Visas - Subclass 482; 457; 489 and 491;
International Students (Subclass 500); Temporary Graduate Visa Holders (Subclass 485s); and Skilled Recognised Graduate Visas (Subclass 476); and
Tourist Visas.
Sign up to our campaign, spread the word with your friends and family, and help us get this much needed legislation passed.
You can also read the SBS story on our legislation as well as my Facebook Post that was published a few hours ago.
In the meantime, please stay safe and I will be back in touch with updates soon.
Warm regards
Nick
Senator Nick McKim
Ito yung link sa campaign:
https://greensactive.org/campaigns/extend-visas/