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Dear all, Firstly, thanks to Vinayak and friends for notifying us about this disturbing matter. This letter is for those of us who are directly affected by this matter, especially Master degree students undergoing 1-1.5 years As we have read, the new regulations will bring a few frowned-upon implications: 1. Loss of points for PR assessment (5 points) 2. No exemption for work experience, meaning that in order to apply for PR we should undergo paid postgraduate work experience at least 12 months from 18 months prior to application. The loss of points may be less crucial but my major concern is on the work experience requirements (page 7 Skilled Migration Booklet 03/03). My questions to you all who might have better understanding in immigration laws and regulations: 1. Are there any regulations stating that the work experience should be on-shore? If so, how can we apply for working visas prior to job offers? 2. The new announced changes to take effect on 1 July 2003 within the general skilled migration category are subject to amendments to the Migration Regulations. Would this mean there is still hope that these laws could be altered? If so we should rally a petition to show our concerns on this matter. I do share the concerns, especially for people from 'poorer' countries who actually invest a lifetime's savings for studying here, and intend to at least break even their costs by temporarily working here. As in my case, if I were to work back home it would take me around 12 years of full-time work to pay off my debts, not to mention interest. On top of that, the knowledge I gained here would be useless back home because we can't afford the costs of high tech. At least, if these laws are to be ammended, there should be a grace period where students who have already commenced their studies should not be excempted. After all it is not fair to have people come from all over the world at all costs just to be sent back drowning in debt unable to pay off their duties. Meanwhile our tuition fee monies are invested into the improvement of Australian education. In the future, students should have the right to calculate their options before even considering the costly study. We need to show Mr Ruddock that by passing this new rule he will create unnecessary life-long hardship for some people. Talk about all the bad karma that will bring... Kind regards, Ario FBE UNSW _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body (NOT THE SUBJECT) of the email: 'unsubscribe is-noticeboard' (without the quotes) to unsubscribe yourself off this list. Please note that it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to remove yourself from this list. Any mails requesting the maintainer to remove you from the list WILL BE IGNORED. If you have any queries regarding this list, please direct them to : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
