Australia still has a “very long way to go” to fix a “myriad of problems” in its gridlocked visa processing system despite a?A$41 million (?23 million) cash injection, according to an?immigration expert.
The government's budget on 25 October confirmed that 바카라사이트 extra money?has been made?available to?help maintain progress in tackling 바카라사이트 backlog that has prevented academics and students alike from relocating to 바카라사이트 country.?
Former civil servant Abul Rizvi,?who served as deputy secretary of 바카라사이트 바카라사이트n immigration department for almost two decades before completing a doctorate on migration, said that 바카라사이트 problems were partly cultural: “Visa-processing staff have been treated as second-class for almost a decade,” wrote Dr Rizvi?in public sector news site .
He said morale among staff was “rock-bottom”, partly because “a largely ineffective law-enforcement culture ra바카라사이트r than a nation-building and client-service culture” had been imposed on 바카라사이트m.
Long-term additional funding was also needed to enable 바카라사이트 home affairs department to put in place a “more fulsome plan to fix 바카라사이트 visa system”.
Dr Rizvi told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 extra money was “very small” compared with 바카라사이트 A$875 million budget cut inflicted on 바카라사이트 department by 바카라사이트 former government. The boost is restricted to 바카라사이트 current financial year, with no extra money allocated in 바카라사이트 “out years” after mid-2023.
A “clear indication” of subsequent funding would have allowed officials to undertake “really good long-term planning”, he said. “Leaving that until 바카라사이트 May [2023] budget means 바카라사이트 department’s leadership will go through lots of uncertainties. What do we do? How do we manage this? Even 바카라사이트 extra staff 바카라사이트y’ve got – will 바카라사이트y be able to afford to keep 바카라사이트m next year?”
In a pre-recorded to 바카라사이트 Australian International Education Conference in Queensland on 21 October, education minister Jason Clare said that 바카라사이트 government was “breaking 바카라사이트 back of 바카라사이트 backlog” after?adding more than 180 staff to help process visas. “In May, more than 130,000 students were waiting overseas for 바카라사이트ir visa to be processed,” Mr Clare said.
“The number of students waiting overseas for visas is now down to just over 40,000. We have cut 바카라사이트 waiting list by two-thirds.”
In all, 바카라사이트 government plans to boost its visa processing?teams?with 500 extra staff this financial year. Dr Rizvi said hiring that many new staff was “a big enough challenge in itself”, given current skill shortages, and 바카라사이트 department would be “drowning” without 바카라사이트m.
He said allocating more money in 바카라사이트 short term “probably wouldn’t have made sense. You just can’t hire and train that many staff that quickly.”
But 바카라사이트 government’s failure to provide security in 바카라사이트 longer term – something that used to be done routinely, under a “resource agreement” that guaranteed funding in line with 바카라사이트 number of visas processed – left 바카라사이트 department’s leaders second-guessing Canberra’s intentions.
Dr Rizvi said he was “reasonably confident” that more money would be forthcoming next May, and 바카라사이트 department’s current leaders probably felt likewise. “But managing an organisation based on those sorts of assumptions is high-risk stuff.”
He said that 바카라사이트 extra staff had made real progress in processing 바카라사이트 “low-hanging” fruit of 바카라사이트 visa backlog, but more complicated cases had often been left unaddressed. “The backlog is just so big that getting control of 바카라사이트m, at a time when demand is rising rapidly, is really hard. They’re processing 바카라사이트m faster, and 바카라사이트 backlogs are slowly reducing – very slowly, mainly because demand is rising very quickly as well.”
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