Budget 2020/2021 – Migration News Update
Dear Readers, The highly anticipated Australian Federal Budget for 2020-2021 has finally been released and within it, the following information and announcements relating to Australia’s migration program will be of interest to our readers. Migration Planning Levels Australia’s net overseas migration is set to fall into negative levels for the first time since World War II with a shortfall of 72,000 people forecast for the year and will not return to positive levels until 2022-2023. The Morrison Government has cautiously opted to maintained the planned ceiling for the 2020/21 Migration Program at 160,000 places. The following visas categories will be