澳洲政府于5月12日公布的2009至2010财年移民计划将对许多留学、准移民产生深远的影响。这种趋势也将令人担忧。因为担保移民的比例被提高，独立技术移民的路将会越来越窄：

1、至少在2010年之前，CSL之外的独立技术移民审批速度会大幅下降；

2、CSL也有很大的可能进一步缩小，再缩小范围，来限制独立技术移民的比例；我是做IT的，如果再小的话，就要转做engineer了，太可怕了。

3、语言方面，IELTS 6 的要求有没有可能有再被提高的趋势，这个也令人担忧；我那炉鸭子还烤不到三成熟。

为此，我们将移民局公布的2009-2010年的移民计划翻译成中文，务求方便关注澳洲移民的人士更好的了解其内容。

2009-10技术移民计划

      最近，澳大利亚政府为了确保移民紧扣在当前经济环境下的技能需求，对2009至2010财年公布的移民计划安排做出了调整。

一、移民计划在这之前的调整

这些调整把整个技术移民计划分成以下三类：

1、雇主担保类，即本地缺失职业担保的移民。许多雇主担保签证许可的移民都已经持临时签证在澳大利亚工作了。

2、政府担保类，即各州或领地政府为了解决辖区内职业紧缺而担保的申请人。

3、独立技术类，即无担保和不是冲JOB OFFER而来的申请人。

2009年1月1日，澳大利亚政府根据国际金融危机以及随之而来的澳洲经济衰退的形势，出台了以下指引：

1、加快雇主担保技术移民签证的审批，因为这些签证都反映了当前雇主们的在技术上的需求。

2、给予了各州和领地政府更大的余地去担保辖区内所需求的技术移民。

3、无担保而欲移民澳大利亚的申请人，只有在紧缺职业清单（CSL）上的才会被优先考虑。CSL主要基于那些医疗、IT的职业人士和工程师。

根据这些指引，澳大利亚政府在2009年3月16日声明了2008至2009年度技术移民计划的名额将被限制在115000个。这个上限仅执行于无担保的独立技术移民在整个移民计划中的比例，而雇主担保和州政府担保签证将不被执行。

二、2009至2010财年声明

（一）在上限为108100个名额的2009至2010年技术移民计划中将沿用于2009年1月1日执行的优先权体系。

这将确保雇主担保和州政府担保签证继续快速的审批且不受名额限制。

（二）CSL会为无担保而欲移民澳大利亚的申请人而继续保留。

这样安排是确保在当前经济环境下，只有被提供工作机会或者紧缺职业需要的人才能获得优先权。

（三）除了优先权体系之外，澳大利亚政府另外还声明了无担保独立保技术移民中的行业技工职业（这个不知道这么翻对不对？反正不是我的专业。不过貌似看上去很惨的样子）申请将被收紧。

1、英语语言要求将从雅思的5分提高到6分，这意味着他们需要有过硬的英语水平。此调整将从2009年7月1日起对所有海外申请人生效，并从2010年1月1日起对国内的申请人执行。

2、和海外申请人一样，国内申请人将参加一个预备工作的测试，这将确保申请人符合技术的要求。此调整将从2010年1月1日起对国内申请人生效。

3、前两项规定都是旨在当一名无担保的技术移民来到澳大利亚，他必须在本地的人才市场上具有竞争力（因此语言技能的要求就更高），并且要说明自己是真正符合技术的要求的。

4、注意，在优先权体系之下，2009至2010年里面通过行业技工职业申请获得签证的移民将会更少。

（四）以上所有的这些调整都是根据澳大利亚政府的长远目标，来重新衡量技术移民计划。从历史上看，雇主担保和州政府担保移民的总和只占到了整个技术移民计划的20%至25%，而大部分都是无担保的独立技术移民。

（五）澳大利亚政府已经开始寻求新的平衡。在2008至2009年技术移民计划中，雇主担保移民和州政府担保移民被准签的比例将会占到总数的43%。而在2009至2010年的计划里，随着无担保移民被准签数量的下降，这两类被准签的比例将会进一步提高到50%左右。

The 2009–10 skilled migration program

The arrangements for the 2009–10 skilled migration program announced in the 2009–10 Budget build upon the recent changes introduced by the Government to ensure the program is tightly targeted on the skills needed in the current economic /conditions.

Previous changes to the skilled migration program

These changes recognise that the skilled migration program includes three distinct elements:

*The employer-sponsored pathway, where skilled migrants are sponsored into jobs that cannot be filled /locally. Many of those granted an employer-sponsored visa are already in Australia working on a temporary /visa.

*The government-sponsored pathway, where applicants are sponsored by state or territory governments to address skill shortages specific to the /jurisdiction.

*The independent skilled pathway, where applicants are not sponsored and do not necessarily have a job to come /to.

In the wake of the global financial crisis and the subsequent slowdown in the Australian economy, on 1 January 2009, the Government introduced the following measures:

*The processing of employer-sponsored skilled visa applications will be  fast-tracked, as these visas reflect the skills currently needed by /employers.

*State and territory governments have been given greater scope to sponsor the skills needed in their /jurisdiction.

*Where people seek to migrate to Australia without a sponsor, they will only be given priority if they have an occupation on the critical skills list (CSL), which is focused on medical and IT professionals and /engineers.

Following those changes, on 16 March 2009, the Government announced the 2008–09 skilled migration program would be capped at 115 /000. This cap applied to the independent skilled (non-sponsored) portion of the program, with employer-sponsored and government-sponsored visas remaining /uncapped.

2009–10 Budget announcements

The priority arrangements implemented on 1 January 2009 will remain in place for the 2009–10 skilled migration program, which has a cap of 108 100 /places.

This will ensure that employer-sponsored and government-sponsored visas continue to be fast-tracked and will remain /uncapped.

The CSL will remain in place for those people seeking to migrate to Australia without a /sponsor.

These arrangements ensure that only those with a job offer or skills in critical need will be given priority in the current economic /climate.

In addition to those priority arrangements, the Government has also announced a tightening of the non-sponsored independent skilled pathway for trades /occupations.

*The English language threshold will be increased from 5 IELTS to 6 IELTS, which means they will need to demonstrate a competent level of /English. This change will apply from 1 July 2009 for people applying offshore and from 1 January 2010 for people applying /onshore.

*A job readiness test will be introduced for onshore applicants, in line with the testing arrangements for offshore /applicants. This will ensure that applicants have the skills /claimed. This change will apply from 1 January 2010 for people applying /onshore.

Both of these measures recognise that a skilled migrant coming through the non-sponsored pathway must compete in the local labour market when they arrive (hence the need for higher language skills) and have demonstrated that they have the skills /claimed.

Note, that under the priority arrangements, fewer trades-level occupations will be granted a visa in 2009–10.

All of these changes are in line with the Government’s longer-term goal to shift the balance of the skilled migration /program. Historically, the employer-sponsored and government-sponsored streams of the skilled migration program have collectively represented just 20 to 25 per cent of the skilled migration program while the majority entered through the non-sponsored independent skilled /stream.

The Government has sought to shift that /balance. In the 2008–09 skilled migration program, the employer-sponsored and government-sponsored streams will represent 43 per cent of the visa /grants. In the 2009–10 skilled migration program, it is likely that the two sponsored streams will represent close to 50 per cent of visa grants, with a corresponding decline in the proportion of non-sponsored visa /grants.