@mariusinbrisbane said:
@Hunter_08 said:
@mariusinbrisbane said:
Tawang tawa ako dun sa 0:48 and clearly ito yung mga nasa utak ng mga tao. Sigaw ng sigaw ng skills shortage yung Australia pero bakit walang galaw yung 189, 190, 491 antd employer-sponsored visas, eh these are the major visas that mainly pertain to skills contribution. Sigaw din sila ng sigaw about economic recovery, ang dami na ding businesses na nagrereklamo na they can't find people, yet wala pa ding galaw.
No offense sa mga student visas and work holiday makers, pero dapat ito yung priority ng DHA ngayon. So far inuuna nila yung mga student visas (e.g. visa application fee rebate). Dapat gumalaw na sila with the skilled visas kasi ito yung may direct, major effect and contribution sa economy nila.
I think kaya inuuna nila yung student visa dahil yun ang nagbibigay sa kanila ng malaking pera tapos wala pang benefits na nakukuha sa gov. Baka din nakuha na nila yung quota nila for this fiscal year kaya hindi na sila nag iinvite for 189/190/491 visa.
Oh that's really insightful, thanks for that! Kaso for me it seems like a band-aid solution lang. Aantayin muna nila mag-graduate yung student before actually contributing to the economy as an employee. Well they can work pala while studying, but I don't think all of them could juggle full-time work with studies. Unlike skilled migrants na diretsong contribute kaagad because of taxes. For the quota, parang hindi pa ata? Kasi quarterly ang invites tapos sobrang kaunti pa ng nabibigyan.
Ang dami nang nagrereklamo actually. Ang dami sa change.org na mga petitions for DHA to start processing applications. Nakakaawa naman kasi talaga yung 2019 pa nagaantay.
For perspective, I suggest that you also start reading up on local news in Australia. Iba rin kasi yung angle na nirereport to entice immigrants vs. what is going on, which will also shed light on why there can't be a sudden landslide of invitations.
For one thing, there is a housing/rental crisis brought about by the covid situation. There are quite a lot of people here who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. So they can't just bring in thousands & thousands of immigrants because where will they live? Students generally live in shared houses or student housing but immigrants tend to be families who need their own houses. There is a shortage in building materials & in tradies who will build the houses that are needed. So aside from health professionals, there is also a need for people in the building trade, who will do, among other things, manual labor. Because nawala yung backpackers & students during the pandemic, there is also a shortage of agricultural workers (i.e. fruit pickers) which affects the supply chain. Bihira naman ang naka-skilled visa na papayag gawin yan. As you mentioned, there are also quite a number of people who were already invited & lodged their visa applications 2 years ago na hanggang ngayon wala pa rin grants. There is a quota on visa grants per year & syempre considered din sila sa quota either this financial year or in the coming financial year & will also help fill the skill shortages.
Maraming aspects to consider & they are not all presented in immigration news. Australia is a good place to move to pero syempre maraming aspects of life here that have been affected by the pandemic & the government has to balance sorting out things that affect their constituents vs businesses.