Immigration took centre stage in Australia’s political discourse for the better part of 2017 with much discussion around Australia’s annual permanent intake and the question of how to deal with growing overcrowding in Melbourne and Sydney.
A proposal was put forward to send migrants to regional and rural Australia for a set number of years before granting them a permanent residency at a time when many regions are crying out for more migrants.
The Federal Government signed two special agreements, Designated Area Migration Agreements with the Northern Territory and the Great Southern Coast of Victoria, offering a pathway to permanent residency to semi-skilled migrants with limited English.
Immigration lawyer John Kim working for Fragomen, a law firm specialised in immigration said semi-skilled migrant workers including cooks, hairdressers, drivers and baristas now have opportunities to access a pathway to permanent migration.
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