Migrant groups weren’t consulted before the Morrison government announced new English language requirements for 크레이지슬롯 partner visas.
From mid-next year foreign partners of Australians will need to show they have functional level English or 카지노사이트 have made a reasonable effort to learn the language.
Their Australian spouse will also need to meet the bar if they are a permanent resident rather than a citizen.
At a Senate estimates hearing on Monday, 바카라사이트 Labor senator Kristina Kenneally asked Home Affairs officials if stakeholder groups had been consulted.
“On this particular element senator, no, but we have ongoing discussions with a range of bodies about the experience of migrants moving to Australia in a range of contexts,” senior 솔레어카지노 official Andrew Kefford said.
“And in that context the ability to engage in day-to-day interactions in English is a recurring issue and a recurring indicator of a more positive experience of people coming to Australia if they’re able to interact in English.”
Senator 크레이지슬롯 Keneally asked why the recently announced policy was needed, pointing to a 2018 survey of migrants showing 84 per cent of partner visa holders spoke English well or very well in the six to 19 months after arriving in Australia.
“I’m trying to understand what the rationale for this test is,” she said.
“I’m looking for an evidentiary basis for the fact it’s needed.”
The language requirements will only affect people who apply after the changes are introduced.
The federal budget measure is expected to save almost $5 million over the next four years.
The government says doing about 500 hours of free English language classes would be enough to meet the requirement.
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