全文链接：https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/apr/13/australia-doubles-financial-requirement-for-families-of-new-migrants
大家继续发力呼吁！
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感谢分享。
一直觉着媒体会是更有力的手段。
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转发了
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顶起UPUPUP 终于有媒体看到了。可能影响不了本地人，大家刚发现。
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Exclusive: people wanting to bring relatives to Australia will need to show they earn much more than the current amount
Christopher Knaus
@knausc
Fri 13 Apr 2018 10.56 AEST Last modified on Fri 13 Apr 2018 11.44 AEST
Poorer migrant families will have to pay more than double to vouch for loved ones in visa applications.
Poorer migrant families will have to pay more than double to vouch for loved ones in visa applications. Photograph: LuapVision/Getty Images/iStockphoto
The Turnbull government has quietly made it harder for poorer migrant families to financially back their relatives in visa applications.
Significant changes have been made to the assurance of support scheme, a program designed to keep new migrants off welfare by ensuring their families have enough money to support them in their initial years in Australia.
It is compulsory to have a guarantor for some visa categories, including parent, aged dependant, contributory parent and remaining relative, while the home affairs department has a discretionary power to require it in other categories.
But late last month the government changed the amount an assurer needs to earn. In most cases, the families of new migrants will need to earn more than double what was previously required.
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For example, if a couple in Australia wants to act as financial backers for their parents, they will need to earn a combined $115,475 a year, instead of $45,185. A single person who wants to vouch for their parents will need to earn $86,606, rather than $45,185.40.
The changes will also significantly increase the amount families need to have as “security” – usually a bank guarantee – for new migrants in some visa categories from April 2019.
The government also intends to introduce the 12-month assurance of support requirement for part of Australia’s humanitarian intake, through the community sponsorship program.
Labor said it had received complaints from the Chinese community about the changes, and was angry they were made without public announcement or debate.
The Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia told Guardian Australia it was very worried about the changes.
The federation’s chair, Mary Patetsos, said “all family reunions [would be affected], regardless of place of origin”.
“The additional costs will have a heavy financial impact on Australian families,” she said. “Family reunion enhances successful settlement, promotes social cohesion and drives economic prosperity.”
A migration agent, Chelsea Liu, who works predominantly with Chinese families, said her clients were confused and worried.
Liu’s organisation, NewStars Education and Migration, has started a petition which already has more than 5,000 signatures.
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“Some of our clients, they are already thinking of withdrawing their application, or [getting] family members’ or friends’ help to support their parents as well,” she said. “Maybe there’s another chance maybe you can claim some part-time salary, and that’s another way to increase the income.”
The changes did not require legislation, were made on 26 March and became active on 1 April.
The Labor spokeswoman on social services, Jenny Macklin, described the changes as “very concerning” and said her office had been overwhelmed with emails from “very angry families, particularly from the Chinese community”.
“It is bad form by the Turnbull government to try and sneak this change through parliament without any debate or scrutiny or even a media release from the minister,” she said. “It’s just not good enough.”
The social services minister, Dan Tehan, was not available for comment, but a department spokeswoman said the changes were designed to ensure new migrants were able to support themselves.
“The change will also ensure Australia’s social security system remains sustainable,” she said.
The assurance of support scheme has not been updated for about a decade.
The changes seek to align the income requirements with the income cut-off for Newstart payments. The required income for sponsors depends on the number of people acting as sponsors and the number of migrants they plan to support.
The scheme is designed to make sure sponsors can support the new migrants and themselves. It is understood the new requirements will not apply to applicants who submitted their applications before 1 April.
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感觉报道没有突出重点，只说了涨价一倍。没有说之前等了两年多的一边切。时间过了那么久怎么能把收入变高，大家也是因为那个时候符合标准了才递的，怎么说变就变，公信力呢？比房价还不靠谱的，是政府
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继续发声引起更多的媒体关注，自然就会有媒体去深挖
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这个报道最后一段话会误导读者认为现有签证申请人不被影响
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一定要继续发生 扩大影响力 隔壁的南非农民已经有5万人签名了 而且还有游行。咱们太平静了。Tensions boiled over outside Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s Subiaco office this morning as supporters of the Australian Liberty Alliance delivered a petition of 50,000 signatures calling for government action to assist persecuted white South African farmers.
About 50 ALA supporters, including high-profile activist Avi Yemeni, tried to deliver the petition at about 10.30am but were confronted by a counter-protest of left-wing activists including from the Socialist Alliance.
Protests outside Julie Bishop’s Subiaco office.
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卫报的报道有误
上面说移民花费变两倍，而不是担保人收入要求变两倍。
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是说的AOS申请，不是签证申请
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但是最后一段说的感觉上不太清楚，看上去很容易让不太了解内情的读者误会。The scheme is designed to make sure sponsors can support the new migrants and themselves. It is understood the new requirements will not apply to applicants who submitted their applications before 1 April.
图片上的一段话说Poorer migrant families will have to pay more than double to vouch for loved ones in visa applications. 可是保证金没有变双倍。
尽管如此还是很感谢有媒体能发声。应该是newstart移民机构出了很大力吧。
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是的 我已经写信给这个记者希望他进一步报道，看能否联系他们采访到更多受影响的申请者
有回复我会update大家
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好样的
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看看接下来会怎么发展
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