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Old 09-10-2018, 10:08 AM  
BaldBastard
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Originally Posted by SIK View Post
If I remember right, back in the day when my father intended to move to Australia (like, 20 y ago or so), they had a rule that you must have something like 20 000 USD or whatever, to make sure you're not instantly asking for welfare (can't remember the numbers exactly, but that sounds about accurate)

that is also a good logic if you ask me, otherwise you're just welcoming moochers and potential criminals
Depends on the Visa you apply for, this year for example they let in 24000 refugees, so no requirements for them.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tarian-program

That's on top of immigration of about 250,000 a year

3412.0 - Migration, Australia, 2016-17

Most people come in now by what you call chain migration in the USA, Chinese especially use that a lot.
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