Managing Migration

Cities and major regional centres

Perth
Adelaide
Gold Coast
Sunshine Coast Canberra Newcastle/Lake Macquarie
Wollongong/Illawarra Geelong
Hobart

- Access to the dedicated 25,000 regional places.
- Priority processing on regional visas.
- Access to the Regional Occupations List – more jobs compared to non-regional lists.
- International students studying at regional universities will be eligible to access an additional year in Australia on a post-study work visa.

Regional centres and other regional areas

All other locations

- Access to the dedicated 25,000 regional places.
- Priority processing on regional visas.
- Access to the Regional Occupations List – more jobs compared to non-regional lists.
- International students studying at regional universities will be eligible to access an additional 2 years in Australia on a post-study work visa.
- Priority in negotiating region-specific Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMAs).

Home Affairs doesn’t know how many migrants it’ll deport under new character test

The Home Affairs Department predicts proposed changes to Australia's character test will mean more migrants will be deported - but is unable to estimate how many.

The Home Affairs Department can't say how many migrants they expect to fail the character test under planned changes to make it easier to deport foreign criminals.

Department officials were grilled by a Senate inquiry about government plans to lower the bar for criminals' visas to be cancelled.

Home Affairs doesn’t know how many migrants it’ll deport under new character test The Home Affairs Department predicts proposed changes to Australia's character test will mean more migrants will be deported - but is unable to estimate how many.