Australian Government has retained the target of 160,000 Visa places for the program year 2021-22

The Department of Home Affairs, Australia has once again kept the annual immigration target of 160,000 visa places for the program year 2021-2022.

The program year of Australia starts on 1st July every year and henceforth, the government announces the immigration target for the year, providing the details of visa places to be allocated to each visa category in that particular year.

Annual Immigration target for program year 2021-22

The Aussie government has designed the Migration Program to accomplish a range of economic and social outcomes.As usual, theSkills stream has received the highest number of visa places, i.e. 79,600 for this program year.In 2021-22, Australian Migration Program has decided to have the overall planning level of 160,000 places, containingthe key immigration streams. Find below the details of stream wise allocation of visa places for the program year 2021-22:

• Skills Stream (79,600 places) – This particular stream is for improving the productive capability of the economy and meet skill shortages in the labour market, comprising those in regional Australia.
• Family (77,300 places) – this stream is principally made up of Partner visas, allowing Australians to reunify with family members from outside Australia and offer them the pathways to citizenship.
• Special Eligibility (100 places) – this particular immigration stream covers visas for those in special circumstances, such as, permanent residents coming back to Australia after a period overseas.
• Child (3,000 places) – this particular stream is operates outside the Migration Program as it is demand based and not subject to a ceiling.

The DHA has allocated 6,500 visa places for the Skilled Independent (Subclass 189 visa) stream, while the Regional and State/Territory Nominated streamshave received 11, 200 visa places, each in the 2021-22 Migration program.

Click here to view the stream wise and detailed Annual Immigration Target of Australia-2021-22

Australia Migration program 2021-22

The government of Australia set and release the details of the Migration Program every year, as part of the Federal Budget process. The 2021-22 program year will operate from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

What are the policy settings and changes in the 2021-22 Migration Program?

The 2021-22 Migration Program shallmaintain the existing policy settings already in place for the 2020-21 program year. It includes, planning ceiling of 160,000 places, tocontinue the efficient management of the impacts of COVID-19 and enhance the flexibility for increased migration in view ofthe changing health, economic and border conditions in the country.

TheThree priority visa categoriesin the 2021-22Skilled Migration Programare as follows:

• Business Innovation and Investment Program
• Global Talent Program; and
• Employer Sponsored Program

Moreover, in the 2021-22 Migration Program,the Department of Home Affairs, Australia will continue the priority processing of onshore applications for Skill and Family stream visas.

Nomination allocation for State and Territory nominated Visas- 2021-22

In the Migration Program 2021-22,federal government has allocated the nomination places to States and Territoriesfor the following visa categories:

To confirm further details regarding Australian Migration program 2021-22 or to apply for the relevant visa in Australia this year, you may contact certified and trusted Australia Migration Expert at Visas Avenue. You may call the expert on Toll-Free No. 78-18-000-777 or you can drop us an e-mail at info@visasavenue.com.

- Rajneesh Kumar