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Australia has announced several incentive schemes for Indians in its annual budget. According to the agreement made in the year 2022, now holiday visas will start being available for Indians. Apart from this, Australia has started a special visa scheme for Indians. Under which 3,000 young Indian graduates wishing to start their career will be given visas to live and work in Australia. Australia is going to launch a new scheme called Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early Professionals (MATES) from 1 November 2024. Mates is a term used for friends in Australia. Under this scheme, 3,000 youth will be given two-year visas to live and work in Australia. Youth in the age group of 18 to 30 years will be eligible to get this type of visa. They will be able to stay in Australia to gain education as well as skills development and work experience in specific subjects. The visa fee for these is 390 dollars i.e. 390 rupees. 22,000 has been kept. The pre-application fee will be $25.
Agreement between the two countries in 2022
An agreement was signed between India and Australia for friendship and to develop skill talents. After this agreement, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that this is a big agreement made by the Modi government in 8 years in which the trade with Australia has to be increased from 27.5 billion dollars i.e. 20 billion rupees to 45 to 50 billion dollars in five years. . Year.
1,000 youth from India will be given backpacker visas
In 1975, Australia provided temporary visas to Indian youth between the ages of 18 and 30 to live and study in Australia. This visa gave the right to travel and work in Australia after completing studies. These visas were a scapegoat for Australia. This generated income from visa fees and addressed the shortage of young workers. Along with tourists, workers working in agriculture and industry also started coming here, Australia has now agreed to give backpacker visas to 1,000 youth from India. Which has been announced in the budget. This visa will be given on lottery basis.
Indian businessmen will now get five-year visas
The visa period for Indian businessmen has been increased from 3 years to 5 years. Australia gives permanent visas to live there every year, due to which this number has increased to 1,85,000. In which 1,32,000 visas will be given to skilled workers. The majority of such visa holders are Indians. Till last June, more than 8 lakh Indians were living there.