- From June 3, 3,000 nationals from the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste will be eligible to register for the Pacific Engagement visa of Australia.
- To benefit from this program, applicants must meet the needed requirements.
- The Pacific Engagement Visa of Australia will use an online ballot to select participants who can then apply for permanent residence.
A total of 3,000 nationals from the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste will be eligible to register for the Pacific Engagement visa of Australia starting from June 3.
In order to benefit from this program, applicants must be between the age of 18 and 45, have a job offer in Australia, meet health and character requirements, and hold a valid passport, among others, VisaGuide.World reports.
Applicants Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste must also meet financial needs, English language, character and health check requirements and also complete payment of a 25 AUD(nearlyUS$16) fee for registration.
The program will use an online ballot in order to select participants who can then apply for permanent residence.
According to RNZ News, states participating in the first year of the programme are Federated States of Micronesia (50), Fiji (300), Nauru (100), Palau (50), Papua New Guinea (1350), Solomon Islands (150), Timor-Leste (300), Tonga (150), Tuvalu (100), Vanuatu (150). Discussions are also being held with other partners in the region.
The Albanese government is delivering on our commitment to deepen our connections with the Pacific and Timor-Leste with the Pacific Engagement Visa. Australia has listened to the calls of Pacific leaders and responded, as we play our part for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Pacific.Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong
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In March this year, the Department of Home Affairs of Australia announced that it would implement the new Subclass 192-Pacific Engagement visa.
The same source said that through this program Australia aims to deepen its connections to the region by attracting nationals from the Pacific and Timor-Leste thus encouraging a greater cultural, educational and business exchange.
According to the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy, the programme shows the high value Australia places on its relations with Timor-Leste and the Pacific.
The Minister considers the program has transformative potential making Australia’s world-class education and training system easily accessible for new residents under the Pacific Engagement Visa.
Through these impacts, and by boosting remittance flows to Pacific countries, the program will also support economic development and welfare in the Pacific.Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Andrew Giles, said the program is an opportunity to address the under-representation of Pacific Island and Timorese nationals in the permanent migration program of Australia.
Those who benefit from the Pacific Engagement Visa program will also have access to Australia’s universal healthcare system, Medicare public schools and Commonwealth University places.
