Australia immigration presents a wide range of opportunities for migrants who are looking for a fresh start in life, and according to a certain report, new migrants bring in millions of dollars to the commonwealth budget and the economy each year. The encouraging economic impact is particularly evident for skilled migrants, which reflects on the migrant’s labour contribution and thus higher incomes for the country. Also, the said migrants contribute to the economy with wide spending on goods and services. This shows how important the migration programme is to Australia since it helps in their economic growth, as well as the injection of skills and labour in the Australian businesses.
Over the past few years, statistics show that there has been an increase in Australia’s immigration. In fact, 2007-2008 has been the biggest since the 60s. The 2007-2008 migration programme consisted of over 100,000 places in the skilled migration system and over 45,000 places in the family migration system. Over 10,000 refugee visas were also granted. The 2006-2007 migration programme shows an increase of 7%, which was actually 158,960 places, and 66% were skilled migrants. The 2008-2009 migration programme is estimated to total to over 200,000 visa grants, with over 130,000 set aside for skilled migrants, over 10,000 for refugee and humanitarian migrants and over 56,000 places allocated to the family system.
It is more evident that those looking for Australia immigration use agents compared to migrants of other countries. Close to 60% of migrants are now using an immigration consultant for their application. Most applicants say that waiting is the hardest part of the process. Thus immigration consultants are used more since they help applicants in avoiding delays and with quicker processing.