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How FBP International Can Help Indian Expats Migrate to Australia from the UAE

Saturday, 15 February 2020 by FBP International

Australia has quickly become one of the best developed countries to migrate. There are many reasons behind this. However, the key advantage is that it’s an easy and transparent migration processes. Unlike other developed countries where it can sometimes even take a decade or so to get immigration granted; Australia has made it easy for anyone who qualifies to emigrate with efficiently shorter time spans.

India’s share in the global population is around 17.5%. This means that some of the best talent is produced in the country and India seconds only China when it comes to emigrants. Before Australia became the aspiring Indian emigrant’s country of choice, the dream destinations were limited to North America, Europe and the Scandinavian countries.

However, Australian immigration prospects gained rightful limelight when all other migration hubs, such as developed countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia etc started tightening the noose on their immigration policies to limit the migrant influx in their societies for several reasons. Australia, on the other hand, made the immigration policy inclusive, robust, easier to follow and transparent while shortening the tenaciously long immigration related waiting period and cultural biases. Australia is called the land of plentiful and the continent is ready to accept qualified, loyal and strong character individuals as its permanent residents with an optional pathway to Australian citizenship down the line.

During 2017-108, approximately 20% of the total Australian permanent residency visas issued were granted to Indian nationals. The immigration consultants and experts believe that the shortage of skilled manpower in Australia might increase the percentage beyond expectations in the years to come.

UAE hosts a lot of skilled and talented Indian expats. However, there are Indians here who are keen to migrate to Australia from the UAE for a more secure and premium lifestyle. Unlike North Americas and Europe, it is easier for skilled and talented Indians to migrate to Australia and call it home. Australia has made it very simple and easy for eligible individuals and families to migrate and settle down. As a result, the continent is now considered a harmonized multi-cultural region that promotes values based on mutual respect and peace. There is a huge Indian community settled in Australia and you’ll have no issues when settling down in the country.

For Indian expats in the UAE, Australia is a brilliant place to migrate. Since the continent takes pride in being multi-cultured, the emigrants from any country feel at home once they land in Australia. This also stands true for those who migrate to Australia from UAE.

There are several ways through which Indian nationals can migrate to Australia from the UAE. The younger generation usually chooses the temporary and recognized graduate visa pathways while the educated skilled professionals opt for the Australia General Skilled Migration (GSM) route. Also, there is a third category of Australian business and investor visa pathways. These are the three basic migration routes that the Indian nationals can take in order to migrate from UAE to Australia. The other visa types for migration from UAE to Australia include child visa, parent visas, spouse / partner visas etc.

So how can FBP help Indians migrate to Australia from UAE?

FBP International is the exclusive partner of BMS Australia – one of the finest Australian immigration firms located within the continent. BMS is an exclusive member of the Member of Migration Alliance (MMA) – Australia. The team at BMS constitutes of immigration specialists and legal practitioners who are members of their respective Australian bars and law societies.

FBP offers following managed and turnkey Australian immigration services:

  • Australia Skilled Migration
  • Australia Business / Investor Settlement
  • Australian Partner / Parent Visa / Child Visa
  • Complete Documentation Services
  • Pre-Departure and Post Landing service management
  • Australian PR Card Services
  • Visa Refusal Appeal Cases

FBP’s exclusive association with Best Migration Services (BMS) Australia enables it to provide complete set of migration relevant consultancy and document clearing services at one place. At FBP, we believe in providing complete transparency of the services delivered and you’ll be able to track your application in real time.

Step 1 – Find out if you qualify

Pre-assessment with our consultants to access your credentials and find out if you qualify for migration

Step 2 – Submit all your documents

Complete the document checklist and provide all paperwork required

Step 3 – Lodge your application

Get your qualifications assessed and lodge your visa application

Step 4 – Visa Grant

Get the Visa, make your move and start your new life in Australia

Basically, FBP will hand hold you throughout the process of your migration to Australia. FBP, in association with BMS, also provides post landing services such as helping you find a relevant job, real estate matters and banking guidance etc. The basic philosophy of FBP international is to champion your right to a safe and secure future in Australia. You can click here to get in touch with FBP and start your Australian migration process today!

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The Complete Insight into Eligibility and Benefits of Australian Partner Visa

Thursday, 06 February 2020 by FBP International
The Complete Insight into Eligibility and Benefits of Australian Partner Visa

Australia is a fully developed country that boasts of a resilient economy that is an indicator of lower unemployment rate. As compared to other developed countries, Australian work force generally earns more than their counterparts in other countries. This has made Australia a favoured migration destination since the past 2 decades. Also, the country stresses on a peaceful co-existence of its population that stems from more than 200 countries. In the past few years, Australia is open for talented and skilled human capital. With lesser visa requirements bundled with a quicker turnaround time, majority of the migration aspirants are turning their focus to Australia to settle down. Migrating to the continental Americas, Europe and developed Asian countries has been made a tiresome process by implementation of extremely rigid processes by the administrations of these countries.

On the other hand, Australia has a completely transparent and logical visa processing policy with a quicker turnaround time. The eligibility criterion of Australian visas is simple and everyone who fulfils them has brighter chances of getting a favourable outcome. These are some of the reasons that the migration aspirants are considering, and Australia is currently witnessing a major influx of talented and skilled migrants in the country.

Now with a lot of migrants heading to Australia, there is another factor that comes into play. The migrants who go to Australia on a permanent residency are entitled to sponsor their partners to Australia. The Australian society is driven by the institution of family and the Australian authorities have introduced myriad of partner visa subclasses that lets the Australian citizens and permanent residents to live a happy life with their families in the country. The Australian partner visas range from prospective marriage visa to legally married and DeFacto partner visas. There is a no gender bias when it comes to Australian partner visas as same-sex partnerships and marriages are considered legal in the country. Also, the Australian authorities consider partner visa application on a case to case bases and if the intent is genuine with a provenly established relationship; the chances of favourable outcome are increased.

Recently, Best Migration Services (BMS) Australia compiled an insightful and thorough list of the dynamics involved in a partner visa. FBP International exclusively market BMS Australia’s services in the UAE and Malaysia and provides complete turnkey Australian migration solutions to individuals and families. BMS has some of the best experienced MARA agents and migration consultants who handhold the clients from lodgement of application to visa grant.

Generally, the onshore temporary partner visa is granted to the applicant if they meet the eligibility criteria. Once a temporary partner visa is granted, a permanent partner visa goes into processing. The permanent partner visa also serves as a pathway to Australian citizenship provided the eligibility criteria for the citizenship conferral is met.

According to the writeup at BMS Australia’s official website, following is the general eligibility criteria – applicable in most of the partner visa cases – followed by the benefits of these visa types.

General Eligibility Criteria for Australian Partner Visa:

The general eligibility criteria (applicable in most of the partner / spouse visa cases) to qualify for a partner visa is:

You must

  • Be in a relationship with an Australian citizen or permanent resident. This is the first step to qualify. In case your or your partners are not Australian or New Zealand citizens or permanent residents, then you can not apply for the Australian partner visa even if your partner is in Australia under a visit visa or any other temporary category visa.
  • Prove that you and your spouse / partner have been in a genuine relationship for at least a period of 12 months. The time period of the relationship becomes more significantly looked at by the Australian authorities when you are applying for a prospective marriage or Fiancé visa.
  • Provide evidence that you and you partner are 18 years or older. The age is of significance since Australia discourages juvenile marriages and the legal age to get married in Australia, generally, is 18 years.
  • Satisfy the Australian immigration authorities that you meet the health and character criteria set by the government for immigrants.
  • In some cases, the Australian authorities will also have a look at the proof of substantial income of your Australian citizen or permanent citizen spouse. This practise is undertaken to ensure that your spouse will be able to provide you with living means once you are a new entrant in the country.

Benefits of a Permanent Partner Visa

Some of the general benefits of Australian permanent partner visa (applicable in most of the partner visa cases) are:

You can

  • Stay in Australia permanently
  • Work and study in Australia
  • Enrol in Australia’s public healthcare insurance scheme, Medicare
  • Sponsor your family members to come to Australia
  • Travel to and from Australia
  • If eligible, attend free English language classes provided by the Adult Migrant English Program
  • If eligible, apply for Australian citizenship

The visa subclass types and particular eligibility criteria can be accessed at the BMS blog posted here.

How FBP International Can Help you with an Australian Partner Visa

FBP International, in exclusive collaboration with BMS Australia, provides turnkey Australian partner visa services. We are the only Australian migration consultants in Dubai and Kuala Lumpur who are specialists of this visa types and have the tools and resources to process your visa application and assorted paperwork to increase the chances of a favourable outcome. If you require a partner visa to Australia from the UAE, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and other GCC countries then call today for a free pre-assessment appointment on 971507513997 / +971502047869 / +971501028196 / or click here.

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Canberra Open For Engineers & Healthcare Professionals as ACT Releases Updated Occupation List

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 by FBP International
Canberra Open For Engineers & Healthcare Professionals as ACT Releases Updated Occupation List

There is some good news for the engineers and healthcare professionals looking to migrate and settle down in Australia. The Australia Capital Territory – Canberra – has recently released an updated version of the occupation list designated for skilled migration. According to the sources of Best Migration Services (BMS) Australia, Canberra – the Capital of Australia – is now open for certain professions (mainly engineers and healthcare professionals) and the migration aspirants now have the liberty to also apply under the General Skilled Migration Subclass 491 visa regime. This means that the 491 provisional visas leading to PR is now open for selected professions and since November last year, this has been the preferred subclass among migration aspirants due to quicker turnaround time from the Australian authorities.

The senior Australian migration consultants at FBP International have termed this development a huge positive for the capital territory as well as the migration aspirants. They believe that this development will open corridors of opportunities and a secure life for those migrants who wanted to migrate but their preferred destination – Canberra – wasn’t open.

The following text is part of the Australian Capital Territory List shared by the ACT authorities on Jan 1st, 2020.

“The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) offers Territory nomination under the following skilled migration streams:

  • Skilled Regional (provisional) subclass 491 visa
  • Skilled Nominated (Permanent) subclass 190 visa

The ACT Occupation List identifies the skills that are currently in demand in Canberra (for skilled migration purposes). The ACT Occupation List is not linked to specific job vacancies and it is not a guarantee of a job in a nominated occupation. You must be satisfied that there are enough employment opportunities in your nominated occupation before you apply for ACT nomination. You will compete for employment vacancies with all people in the labour market as part of a normal selection process. Your success will depend on employer requirements, your relevant skills, your experience and your level of English language ability.”

Please note that occupations with caveat injunction are only to be termed open if the following requirements are met:

“Minimum one-year ACT employment contract in nominated occupation:

with an Australian medium to large enterprise (50 plus employees) located in the ACT;

or

an academic appointment (Level B to E) at an ACT tertiary institution.”

The complete renewed version of the Occupations lists is available on the official website of Canberra authorities. Please click here to download and read more about it.

Disclaimer: FBP assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content. The information contained in this site is provided on an “as is” basis with no guarantees of completeness, accuracy, or timeliness.

Source: BMS Australia

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How FBP International Can Help Filipino Expats Migrate to Australia from the UAE

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 by FBP International
How FBP International Can Help Filipino Expats Migrate to Australia from the UAE

United Arab Emirates is home to around 9 million expats belonging to more than 270 countries. Most of the expats in the country belong to developing nations such as India, Pakistan, Nepal and the Philippines. However, the dramatic evolution of the UAE a from far-flung sheikhdom to a vibrant, fully developed and upscale country relies on the shoulders of this expat community which outnumbers the nationals of this country.

There are an estimated 700,000 expats from the Philippines in the UAE. These Filipino expats constitute about 5.56% of the total UAE population and mainly migrated to the UAE for a better and secure career prospect. According to a recent survey, conducted by TheNational.ae called Focus on the Filipino in the UAE, “64 per cent of the Filipinos work in five sectors: architecture, engineering and construction (17 per cent); tourism and hospitality (16 per cent); customer service (13 per cent); health and medical fields (10 per cent) and marketing and advertising (8 per cent). 6 per cent work in manufacturing and production, and a similar figure work in domestic and household services.”

The Filipinos are considered a hardworking nation and their fellow countrymen and women in the UAE are no different. In fact, apart from being hardworking, the Filipino expats here enjoy an excellent reputation when it comes to being trustworthy and honest.

Australia is open for the Filipino migrants. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics data released in 2019, the number of overseas-born Filipinos living in Australia continues to rise. The Philippines-born Australians constitute about 1.1% of the total Australian population. Australia has become a preferred migration destination for the Filipinos because of better and secure prospects and the geographical proximity of the Philippines to Australia.

The same trend is being observed among the Filipino population in the UAE. Although UAE offers a much better and secure lifestyle to the Filipino expats, but Australia takes it to the next level. Australia is preferred by expat community here because of the possibility of becoming an Australian citizen post migration. Also, as discussed before, the expats consider their future secure in Australia with civic perks such as free schooling and medical insurance etc.

Australia, like the UAE, welcomes talented Filipino migrants with arms wide open. Unlike the other immigration hotspots – such as the US, Canada and UK – Australia has made it very simple and easy for eligible individuals and families to migrate and settle down. As a result, the continent is now considered a harmonized multi-cultural region that promotes values based on mutual respect and peace.

Australia is now known as the “land of plentiful opportunities”. The country harnesses an inclusive economy that is based on the basic principles of equality and adaptability. This continent’s economy is robust and facilitates thriving business success. A strong economy is the first indicator of a developed country which makes it an attractive destination for permanent residency and business investments. Australia has already made it big and wants to bloom further by taking in talented human capital from across the globe. To ensure further growth, Australian economy promises better compensation and premium-level civic amenities to the migrants who want to call the country their home.

The current immigration legislations have made it easier for skilled workers and their families to migrate to Australia. The UAE residents, especially, the expats are no different. If you are a skilled and talented individual and fulfil the Australian Migration criteria, you can easily move to the country, along with your family, within 6 to 9 months.

Unlike Canada and other countries, the qualification criteria to migrate to Australia from the UAE is simple. The beauty of the Australian migration system is that the Australian migration aspirants are kept up-to date on the actions being taken by the authorities on their applications. The system is largely digitalized which results in elimination of huge backlogs and unnecessary red tape. This allows faster decisions being conveyed to the applicants and genuine candidates get their Australian PR Visa grant within 6 to 9 months of application. In fact, there have been cases where certain highly qualified and trained professionals received their Australian PR Visa grants within a couple months!

Here’s a look at the requirements for the General Skilled Visa:

5 Requirements to MIGRATE to AUSTRALIA from the UAE

  • Degree / Diploma Holder
  • 4 years of Work Experience
  • Speak, Read, Write English
  • Below 45 years of age

This is the simplest possible criteria. And, since it is easy, the number of aspirants against the allocated slots are more. Individuals and families try to lodge their Australian immigration EOI themselves, however, due to lack of thorough parts of the application forms, their application remains incomplete. The best way to migrate to Australia from Dubai is to let an Australian expert migration agent – FBP International – take care of your visa application, documentation and manage it on your behalf until you get the decision from Australian authorities. This also greatly reduces chances of errors leading to possible visa refusals on technical grounds.

So how can FBP help the Filipino UAE residents migrate to Australia?

FBP International is the exclusive partner of BMS Australia – one of the finest Australian immigration firms located within the continent. BMS is an exclusive member of the Member of Migration Alliance (MMA) – Australia. The team at BMS constitutes of immigration specialists and legal practitioners who are members of their respective Australian bars and law societies.

FBP offers following managed and turnkey Australian immigration services from Dubai:

  • Australia Skilled Migration
  • Australia Business / Investor Settlement
  • Australian Partner / Parent Visa / Child Visa
  • Complete Documentation Services
  • Pre-Departure and Post Landing service management
  • Australian PR Card Services
  • Visa Refusal Appeal Cases

FBP’s exclusive association with Best Migration Services (BMS) Australia enables it to provide complete set of migration relevant consultancy and document clearing services all in one place. Also, FBP actively engages with Post Landing Services (PLS) Australia and Qualifications Australia to provide settlement and education equivalence consultation services to our clients.

If you opt to migrate to Australia via FBP, following are the 4 simple steps that you will follow.

Step 1 – Find out if you qualify

  • Meet our consultants to access your credentials and find out if you qualify for migration

Step 2 – Submit all your documents

  • Complete the document checklist and provide all paperwork required

Step 3 – Lodge your application

  • Get your qualifications assessed and lodge your visa application

Step 4 – Visa Grant

  • Get the Visa, make your move and start your new life in Australia

Basically, FBP will hand hold you throughout the process of your migration to Australia. FBP, in association with BMS, also provides post landing services such as helping you find a relevant job, real estate matters and banking guidance etc. The basic philosophy of FBP international is to champion your right to a safe and secure future in Australia. You can click here to get in touch with FBP and start your Australian migration process today!

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3 Common Reasons for Australian Visa Refusal

Friday, 24 January 2020 by FBP International

Australia – the land of plentiful opportunities – has made its migration and settlement processes fairly easy, transparent and less time consuming. Unlike other developed western world, Australia is open to migrants with talent and skills that can help further boost the economy of the country. The country attracts migrants from world over. There’s virtually no one barred from applying for Australian migration if they fit the eligibility criteria.

However, there are instances where the aspiring migrants are refused a visa to Australia. Best Migration Services Australia (BMS Australia) recently sketched a list of common reasons regarding visa refusals. The list concisely outlines some very basic reasons why some migrants are refused entry to settle in the continent. The list is comprehensive in a way that it highlights detailed information that the migration aspirants tend to – nearly always – overlook or take for granted.

Here are the 3 most common reasons we have picked out for you from the list published by BMS Australia!

Not lodging the correct visa application

The number one reason for Australian visa refusal is non eligibility for a particular visa. For instance, if you are applying to migrate to Australia as a general skilled migrant, then your profile should match the profession you’ve opted for in your application lodgement. An electrical engineer portraying as a sales executive will certainly ruin his chances for his migration application under the Skilled Visa regime. A technical sales representative filing her application as a customer service executive is also one such example where a visa might be refused.

Lack of documentary evidence

Documents and supportive evidence – these are the two essentials that you should not go wrong with. Your visa application and the outcome practically depend on these two factors. The Australian authorities will vet and scrutinize through the documentary evidence you submit in order to check your eligibility for migration under a certain visa. For instance, if you are an experienced HVAC installer but don’t have the diploma or the certification to prove your channels of attaining knowledge; you might have a visa rejection on the cards. Similarly, for spouse visa, if you are unable to establish evidence of a legitimate relationship with your partner via documentary evidence; the outcome might not hold promising news for you. Documentary evidence is of utmost importance and only an experienced MARA Agent – like one from the BMS team – can guide you on the right documents you need for a certain visa type.

Doctored claims and evidences

The background check mechanism of the Australian Home Affairs and Immigration department are very comprehensive and fool-proof. Hiding any past convictions, forging work documents and faking education in your Australian Visa application will not only eliminate any chances of your getting the visa but you might also face stringent consequences on charges of trying to game the system. Similarly, you don’t really get off the Australian Immigration department’s radar even after you get the visa and have landed. Any concealment of facts with a mala fide intention to forge your way into Australia can land you in a lot of trouble with authorities in Australia and at home. Forgery of evidence is a case so serious that even an Australian lawyer or MARA Agent will not be able to assist you with your post visa refusal appeal. However, in case, there was any unintentional error or oversight when lodging the application and providing the documents then you might benefit from consulting an immigration specialist to investigate your case and advise you accordingly.

These are the 3 most common reasons that result in Australian Visa refusals. For a complete list of 7 such causes listed at BMS Australia, please click here.

If you are looking to migrate to Australia from the UAE, other GCC territories, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal or Srilanka then get in touch with FBP International today. Also, if you are facing a visa refusal and want to know the correct procedure to re-apply or appeal then let us get you expert advice from registered MARA Agents and Australian lawyers at BMS Australia on choosing the right path to move ahead. FBP – in collaboration with BMS Australia – is considered an Australian migration consultation specialist not only by our clients but by our competitors too.

So if you are in a situation where you need complete peace of mind with your Australian Migration processing, then simply call +971507513997 / +971501028196 / +971529016145 for a FREE initial consultation or click here to book your consultation online. FBP will champion and advocate your right to a secure future and a prime lifestyle in Australia.

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How FBP Can Assist You With Your Parents Visa For Australia?

Wednesday, 22 January 2020 by FBP International

Australia – the land of plentiful – has made it easier for aspiring migrants to migrate and settle down in the continent. Australia is a huge country that enjoys a dynamic economy bundled with mega infrastructure developments. The Australian authorities have made the migration process transparent, robust and less time-consuming for those who have the skills and talents that are needed in the country.

Mostly, the skilled immigrants migrate to Australia with their spouse and children. However, like every other society and culture, Australian norms about the institution of a family being together are no different. That is one of the reasons that Australian authorities have introduced a myriad of parent visa subclasses so that migrants do not have to leave their parents behind when pursuing their dreams of a secure future in Australia.

As a migrant, you are entitled to apply for parents’ visa to visit you or live with you in Australia. This means that you can have your parents visit you during vacations or you can simply have them live with you as a permanent resident just like you. The range of visas is extensive. However, in order to increase your chances of a promising outcome for your parents’ visa, you’ll need to select the right visa subclass when lodging the application.

As per the Australian Immigration Authorities, there are 7 visa subclasses that are available for parent visa applications. All these 7 visa subclasses cover different types of parent visas that have varying eligibility.

The Parent Visa Subclasses

  1. Subclass 804 Aged Parent visa
  2. Subclass 884 Contributory Aged Parent (Temporary) visa
  3. Subclass 864 Contributory Aged Parent visa
  4. Subclass 173 Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa
  5. Subclass 143 Contributory Parent visa
  6. Subclass 103 Parent visa
  7. Subclass 870 Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa

Each of these subclasses has a different eligibility criteria and requirements. However, following are some of the requirements of the Australian Parents visa that you might find common in all Australian parent visa subclasses eligibility criterion.

  1. The sponsor of the parents must either be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident.
  2. The sponsor can provide financial assurity bonds and other documentation that proves that the sponsor is able to take care of the parents without having to rely on any form of governmental support.
  3. The parents pass the balance of family test. Your parents meet the balance of family test only if
    1. at least half of their children and stepchildren are eligible Australian Permanent Residents or Citizens
      OR
    2. there are more eligible children living in Australia than in any other country
  1. Generally, the onshore parents visa requires your parents to be at least 65 years of age when applying for a permanent visa.
  2. Your parents will also need to meet the health and character criteria set by the Australian authorities.

Also, there is another way that you can have your parents with you in lesser duration for longer. However, the mechanics of that method requires lots of paperwork, documentation processing and its more of an “Only FBP Can” secret. Stay with us as we will be revealing part of that secrets in our upcoming blog posts about parent visas

Where to start?

You will have to start by selecting the right visa subclass for your parents. For this purpose, you’ll have to identify if you want your parents to come over for the purpose of visiting you or you want them to settle and live with you in Australia. As mentioned before, there are seven distinguished parent visa subclasses that you can apply for your parents for them to join you in Australia. However, this can turn out to be extremely daunting task since there is a lot of paperwork involved. Also, the chances of visa refusal can increase if you are not able to provide the correct paperwork.

Let FBP Help You With Your Parents Visa For Australia

This is where FBP International steps in to help you. FBP International is the exclusive partner of BMS Australia – one of the finest Australian immigration firms located within the continent. Best Migration Services Australia is an exclusive member of the Member of Migration Alliance (MMA) – Australia. The team at BMS constitutes of experienced and qualified MARA registered agents as well as lawyers who are also members of their respective Australian bars and law societies.

We take pride in being the only Australian immigration agent that delivers turnkey immigration services to Australia from Dubai. Our comprehensive and transparent process starts from a FREE pre assessment migration consultation and takes your case step-by-step until your visa is granted. At FBP International, we understand the exact requirements of lodging and processing your parent visa application. Our Australian migration consultation expert’s handhold you through the process and keep you updated at every step of your visa application. We will also guide you on how to lodge your parent visa application for increased chances of a favourable outcome.

If you are missing your parents and want them to be with you in Australia then simply CALL +971507513997 / +971501028196 / +971529016145 to book your appointment with our Australian Migration Consultant or click here to start your assessment online.

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VETASSESS Notifies Processing Delays Due to Hike in Applications

Friday, 17 January 2020 by FBP International

VETASSESS is a key skills assessment and vetting authority in Australia. This body assesses and vets the professional and vocational qualifications of the aspiring migrants. A recent notification from the VETASSESS team to all registered MARA agents and lawyers indicate that they are experiencing processing delays due to a recent hike in applications for skills assessments.

Following is the quoted text from VETASSESS’s notification to registered MARA agents and lawyers.

“Hi Agents,
Thank you for your skills assessment applications. We are currently experiencing processing delays due to a significant increase in the amount of applications that we usually receive. We appreciate your patience with us, as we work to return the application process to the normal time-frames. We aim to have your clients applications allocated to assessors within the next 10 business days. Following this, our intention is to have the applications completed within three weeks of allocation. Appeal cases may take longer than this as they rely on the advice from external and independent bodies. We may contact you if we need further documentation/information to complete your clients application. Thank you for your continued support, your clients will receive assessment outcomes from us shortly.
On behalf of the Vetassess Team”

Please note that due to the delay by the VETASSESS team, it might take some of our clients longer than usual to have their applications decided. We are keeping a keen eye on the situation and will update our clients of further developments in this regard.

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How FBP International Can Help Bangladeshi Expats Migrate to Australia from the UAE

Thursday, 26 December 2019 by FBP International

Bangladesh is the 8th most populous country of the world. The country enjoys a diverse culture and the economy is mainly based on agriculture. The literacy rate of the country is estimated to be about 70% which is considered appreciable for a developing economy. The Bengali education system is very well organized, and the country produces excellent human capital in the fields of engineering, management, healthcare etc.

UAE hosts a lot of skilled and talented Bangladeshi expats. However, there are Bangladeshis here who are keen to migrate to Australia from the UAE for a more secure and premium lifestyle. Unlike North Americas and Europe, it is easier for skilled and talented Bangladeshis to migrate to Australia and call it home. Australia has made it very simple and easy for eligible individuals and families to migrate and settle down. As a result, the continent is now considered a harmonized multi-cultural region that promotes values based on mutual respect and peace. There is a huge Bangladeshi community settled in Australia and you’ll have no issues when settling down in the country.

This continent’s economy is robust and facilitates thriving business success. A strong economy is the first indicator of a developed country which makes it an attractive destination for permanent residency and business investments. Australia has already made it big and wants to bloom further by taking in talented human capital from Bangladesh and other countries of the world. To ensure further growth, Australian economy promises better compensation and premium-level civic amenities to the migrants who want to call the country their home.

The current immigration legislations have made it easier for skilled workers and their families to migrate to Australia. The Bangladeshis are no different. If you are a skilled and talented individual and fulfil the Australian Migration criteria, you can easily move to the country, along with your family, within 6 to 9 months.

4 Requirements to MIGRATE to AUSTRALIA from the UAE for Bangladeshis are

  • Degree / Diploma Holder
  • 4 years of Work Experience
  • Speak, Read, Write English
  • Below 45 years of age

This is the simplest possible criteria. And, since it is easy, the number of aspirants against the allocated slots are more. Individuals and families from Bangladesh try to lodge their Australian immigration EOI themselves, however, due to lack of thorough parts of the application forms, their application remains incomplete. The best way to migrate to Australia from UAE is to let an Australian expert migration agent – FBP International – take care of your visa application, documentation and manage it on your behalf until you get the decision from Australian authorities. This also greatly reduces chances of errors leading to possible visa refusals on technical grounds.

So how can FBP help Bangladeshis migrate to Australia?

FBP International is the exclusive partner of BMS Australia – one of the finest Australian immigration firms located within the continent. BMS is an exclusive member of the Member of Migration Alliance (MMA) – Australia. The team at BMS constitutes of immigration specialists and legal practitioners who are members of their respective Australian bars and law societies.

FBP offers following managed and turnkey Australian immigration services:

  • Australia Skilled Migration
  • Australia Business / Investor Settlement
  • Australian Partner / Parent Visa / Child Visa
  • Complete Documentation Services
  • Pre-Departure and Post Landing service management
  • Australian PR Card Services
  • Visa Refusal Appeal Cases

FBP’s exclusive association with Best Migration Services (BMS) Australia enables it to provide complete set of migration relevant consultancy and document clearing services at one place.

At FBP, we believe in providing complete transparency of the services delivered and you’ll be able to track your application in real time.

Step 1 – Find out if you qualify

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‘It is not a pipe dream’: five things Australia could do now to end poverty

Monday, 01 July 2019 by FBP International
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In New Zealand and Canada, poverty rates are falling dramatically. What would it take to lift the forgotten Australians living in poverty?

‘It’s not a knowing problem; it’s very much a doing problem’ – the director of Logan Together, Matthew Cox. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian
The federal election is history, and those who had counted on a Labor government to focus on reducing inequality and easing poverty were disappointed. Scott Morrison’s government has made clear it has no intention of increasing the base rate of the Newstart payment for unemployed Australians – the most intense welfare campaign of the election – even though it has seen no real increase for a quarter of a century, and despite suggestions from the Reserve Bank governor, Philip Lowe, that an increase would be “good for the economy”.

Yet the 10% of Australians living in income poverty remain (13% if you take the cost of housing into account), with up to a million of us living in persistent and entrenched poverty, unable to participate fully in life.

As the Productivity Commission has noted, our poverty rate has remained stubbornly high for 30 years, despite Australia being one of the wealthiest countries in the world and enjoying decades of economic growth. As its former chairman Peter Harris has said: “Perhaps simply shifting money around and doing more of the same is not sufficient.”

There are dozens of ideas about what we could do to reduce poverty. Here are five we could do now, if we chose.

1. Scale up things that work

“It’s not a knowing problem; it’s very much a doing problem,” says Matthew Cox, the director of Logan Together, a 10-year community led project with one aim: use the evidence already at hand to give children aged 0 to 8 the best start in life. Why those years? Because the “science is incredibly clear” that “if the first years of life go well then those little kids turn into teenagers who do well and those teenagers tend to turn into adults who do well”.

Logan is a fast-growing city of around 315,000 people about 45 minutes from Brisbane’s city centre. It is well known that poverty is concentrated: in Queensland, for instance, more than half of the most disadvantaged people live in just four places: Logan, Moreton Bay, Bundaberg and Ipswich.

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Cox outlines the challenge. In Logan, there are about 45,000 children aged 0 to 8. Most of them are doing fine, but about 15,000 are not. It means that, in five suburbs within the city, fewer than 20% attend kindergarten, when the evidence is that formal programs make a big difference to language and social skills when children start school.

When Logan Together began in 2015, about 12% of women were receiving little or no antenatal care and between 5% and 6% were turning up to give birth without seeing a doctor at any time during pregnancy. This is in suburban Brisbane, not remote Australia. In some suburbs, between 10% and 20% of children arrived at school never having received a health check.

Logan Together is a “massive collaboration” effort between about 100 organisations – from schools to churches to local sporting groups to government health centres – to deliver the few things children need at different stages of early childhood so that they begin life with the same chances as any other Australian child. It’s not a lack of money, with an estimate of more than $200m a year spent in Logan on human and family services alone. Cox calls it a “spray and pray” approach.

“You spray human services out there, and you pray it’s made a difference,” Cox told a parliamentary inquiry on intergenerational welfare dependence last year.

“We know it doesn’t. We know those sorts of highly pixilated, atomised, random acts of kindness into the community are actually pretty good at resolving people’s immediate crisis issues. They are really lousy at stitching together into a system that grows kids up well.”

There are dozens of initiatives across Australia that have a similar approach – long-term, locally organised, working on solutions rather than responding to crisis. There’s Empowered Communities, an Indigenous-designed and led model that gives local communities greater authority about priorities for government spending and services. There’s Doveton in outer Melbourne, a world-leading, philanthropically funded experiment to overcome serious disadvantage through a purpose-built school integrating health and family services. There’s Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres, single entry points to universal, targeted and specialist services and supports from pregnancy to age 5.

Cox says Australia needs a radical change in how it delivers services to vulnerable people. The “large centralised systems we have to deliver health and education but also social services just cannot operate flexibly in a differentiated way at the local level.”

Governments of all hues see the need for change. “This is just good policy and notions of left and right mean absolutely nothing. [But] there is a very a long way to go. This is an enormous paradigm change for how the federation works in Australia, how social investment works.

“The message is that there is a scalable, knowable and plannable response to poverty … if we apply it to 50 to 100 communities we could make a really significant intergenerational change.

“It sort of seems like we’ve have given up big ideas like that in the modern world, given up on the idea that you can do something conclusive about levels of poverty in this country. What we’re trying to prove is that it’s just not true, we can take action. It’s not a pipe dream. It’s a decision.”

2. Set a target

In February, Canada got good news. Between 2015 and 2017, the poverty rate fell by more than 20%. That meant there were 825,000 fewer Canadians living in poverty. Put another way, Canada now has its lowest poverty rate in its modern history, 9.5%.

How did this country, in many ways similar to Australia, achieve this when in many wealthy countries poverty rates remain the same, or rise? It set a target.

Prime minister Justin Trudeau’s progressive government released the country’s first poverty reduction strategy last year. In November, it enshrined it into law. For the first time, Canada has an official poverty line based on the cost of a basket of goods and services people require to meet basic needs and achieve a modest standard of living. (Australia has no official measure of poverty, one reason why the discussion here can be so confusing.)

Canada has set targets – a 20% reduction in poverty by 2020 (it is ahead of that goal), and a 50% drop by 2030, relative to 2015 levels. It set up the independent National Advisory Council on Poverty to advise the government on its strategy, and track efforts through an annual report tabled in parliament.

Canada’s economy is doing well, creating jobs. The government has also taken specific steps to reduce poverty, including big increases to child benefits for low-income people with children.

New Zealand is another country setting targets. Last year, it passed the Child Poverty Reduction Act, which aims to halve child poverty in 10 years. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, says she wants New Zealand to “aspire to be the best place in the world to be a child”. New Zealand’s rate of child poverty is 23% when the cost of housing is taken into account, compared with more than 17% in Australia.

The chief executive of the Australian Council of Social Services, Cassandra Goldie, says targets can work to signal a national priority and to keep governments accountable.

“I won’t speak for First Nation views around the Close the Gap agenda, but the one thing it clearly has done is helped back up the voices of First Nations communities who say, ‘See? Things are not changing with the way you mob are doing it’ … It’s the persistent constant monitoring of some of those basic metrics for First Nation communities and we need that as a country.”

3. Fix housing

For a growing number of Australians, housing stress is acute. What’s happened, says Prof Hal Pawson, a housing policy and homelessness specialist at the University of NSW in Sydney, is intertwined with poverty.

While some welfare groups argue that “anyone” can become homeless if a few things go wrong, it’s not really true. It’s poverty that leads to homelessness.

Pawson was the lead author of Australia’s first comprehensive homelessness monitor in 2018, which found that after a decade when homelessness was fairly stable in Australia, it jumped by 14% in the five years to 2016, when 116,000 people were recorded as homeless.

The rise didn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s the result of lack of affordable housing, especially affordable rents. It is no surprise that the biggest rises in homelessness were in our big cities, where housing affordability has worsened most and where median rents are highest.

All this is linked to the rates of social benefits, especially the low rate of Newstart. It is exceptionally hard to rent privately on $277.85 a week, even with the maximum commonwealth rental assistance of $68 a week. Anglicare’s snapshot of advertised affordable rentals this year found just two listings across the country were affordable for the 500,000 single people on Newstart. Even for those on the minimum wage of $719.20 a week, fewer than 3% of rental listings were affordable.

Pawson says these issues are structural – they are not the individuals’ fault. If the causes are complex, there is one thing we could do now to ease housing stress and homelessness. We could increase rent assistance for those on very low incomes and social security benefits renting in the private market. For many experts and welfare groups, this is at as important as increasing Newstart.

The Grattan Institute’s report before the 18 May election argued for a 40% increase in maximum rent assistance – worth $1,410 for singles, at a cost of $1.2bn a year. Even that big rise would only provide the same real assistance to low-income earners as it did 15 years ago. Acoss argues for an immediate 30% increase and a review to ensure it meets people’s basic needs across the country.

There is broad agreement, too, that rent assistance for people on Newstart, or single parents payments or aged pensions, be indexed to changes in rents, so its value is maintained. For decades, it has been indexed to the CPI, which rents have far outstripped.

Where there is debate is around the need for increased direct government investment in social housing, where rent is below market rates. Many low-income people renting privately qualify for social housing but have little to no chance of securing a place.

As Grattan and others point out, our stock of social housing – about 400,000 dwellings – has barely grown in 20 years, while the population has increased by 33%. So the waiting lists keep growing, those in social housing stay for longer periods, and poorer people find it harder to pay for rents in the private market, many spending half their incomes on rent.

Research released last year from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Centre found that Australia needed to triple its stock of social housing over the next 20 years to cover the existing backlog of people in severe housing need, and to meet emerging needs. A quarter of a century of paltry investment meant a shortfall of 433,000 dwellings and the current construction rate – little more than 3,000 dwellings a year – would need to be expanded fivefold just to keep pace with population growth.

Pawson sees small signs of optimism. After the “scorched earth” approach of prime minister Tony Abbott – who saw a minimal role for the commonwealth in housing – it was Morrison as treasurer who championed federal involvement, setting up the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) in 2018, to channel lower-cost finance to not-for-profit community housing providers.

“Although NHFIC could be a game-changer, it can come into its own only when significant matching funds are offered by government,” Pawson says. “That’s what we will need to see by prime minister Morrison to finish the job started by treasurer Morrison.”

4. Think big

“Poverty isn’t a lack of character, it’s a lack of cash.”

One reason why Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s 2017 book, Utopia for Realists, caused such a stir was that it challenged the deep assumptions about how wealthy countries think about poverty, and argued for a radical rethink.

One of Bregman’s central proposals was a universal basic income (UBI), an idea that has attracted new interest since the global financial crisis as a possible way to counter rising inequality and persistent poverty in an era of insecure work.

In the UK, Labour has said it would trial a UBI if elected.

In Australia, the Greens support a trial but it has detractors, including among many of Australia’s welfare groups and poverty researchers. There are numerous UBI models but, in essence, it is a guaranteed basic income for all, enough to live on, without conditions or mean testing.

In his book, Bregman takes on the often-unspoken thinking about poverty. Anyone who wants to end it, he writes, “must inevitably face a few tough questions. Why are the poor more likely to commit crimes? Why are they more prone to obesity? Why do they use more alcohol and drugs? In short, why do the poor make so many dumb decisions?”

Jacqueline Phillips, director of policy and advocacy at Acoss, says our system is riddled with the notion that poverty is the fault of the poor.

“The community sector points to the structural drivers of poverty and disadvantage and others emphasise personal responsibility,” she says. “That’s partly why we’ve ended up with all these programs like income management which are all based on the assumption that individuals on welfare are somehow defective. There’s individual behaviour issues at play and policies are designed to change those behaviours rather than changing the structure.”

There is evidence that none of these assumptions is true and that poverty cannot be addressed without changing them. Bregman outlines the theories of Eldar Shafir, a psychologist at Princeton University, and his “science of scarcity”. Poverty consumes people to such an extent that they can focus only on the short term – how to pay the rent, how to pay the bills, buying a needed pair of shoes. There’s never a break, never the space to think about the longer term. Poor people “are not making dumb decisions because they are dumb, but because they are living in a context in which anyone would make dumb decisions”.

Instead of trying to fix behaviour, we could turn that around. One example is known as Housing First – that the answer to homelessness is not crisis accommodation but a home, without conditions.

Finland has proven it. Since the launch of Housing First in 2008, the number of long-term homeless people in Finland has fallen by more than 35% and rough sleeping has all but been eliminated. The idea is that people who are homeless don’t have to fix their problems before they get a home. Providing a home gives them the space and security to turn their lives around. It costs money, but over time, it saves money.

Bregman and others argue that the UBI could have the same impact. A four-year trial in the Canadian town of Dauphin in the 1970s ensured that no one fell below the poverty line. In practice, 30% of the towns’ residents got a cheque in the mail each month, no questions asked. When it was evaluated – years later – it was found that people did not work less. Hospitalisations had dropped. Domestic violence was down, and school performance improved.

Emma Dawson, the executive director of progressive thinktank Per Capita, is not a fan of a UBI. The cost would be huge to ensure people did not live below the poverty line, and Dawson believes Australia’s system of targeted assistance to those who need it most is the right structure. What she would like to see, though, is a “a targeted basic income, about making Newstart or youth allowance or disability payment a liveable payment without the massive conditionality that’s attached to it now”.

Acoss is open to the debate, and it does propose a root and branch review of the social security system. Phillips says its immediate priority is to secure a basic minimum income for those who need it.

Bregman’s book received both praise and criticism, but it was acknowledged that he was at least thinking beyond the next electoral cycle. He did identify that big changes rarely happen without utopian thinking. In a recent TED Talk, he said eliminating it was a decision countries could make, if they dared to think boldly enough.

“Imagine how much energy and talent we would unleash if we got rid of poverty once and for all,” he said.

5. And yes, raise Newstart

Experts say – repeatedly – the single biggest thing we could do to reduce income poverty is to increase Newstart and youth allowance (the unemployment benefit for young adults) and index it to rises in average weekly earnings. That’s because the base single rate of $277.85 for Newstart is about $150 a week below the standard income poverty line and more than half its recipients are living in poverty.

Because Newstart is indexed to inflation rather than wages (as aged pensions are), it keeps falling relatively backwards, driving especially long-term recipients deeper into poverty.

Living costs for those on Newstart are much the same as for those on the aged or disability pension, but the gap between them keeps growing – the single aged pension rate, for instance, is $422 a week, or around $24,000 a year with allowances such as an energy supplement.

Acoss and other welfare groups argue that Newstart needs to be indexed to wage growth.. For instance, New Zealand in its latest budget made a historic change: indexing main benefits such as its job seekers payment to wage growth, not inflation. That change alone will see weekly increases of $NZ10 to $17 a week.

Goldie says welfare groups and experts in poverty reduction will keep pushing for a real rise in the payment – a minimum of $75 a week.

“It’s very important that we persist in highlighting where we are succeeding and where we are not,” Goldie says. “There are ideological views around the way you go about delivering better outcomes for people, but nobody’s going to say we want to increase the number people who don’t have enough food to eat.”

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The little-known visa project bringing highly skilled refugees to Australia

Saturday, 29 June 2019 by FBP International
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Five refugees and their families have arrived in Australia this year thanks to a humanitarian pilot project helping businesses fill skill shortages.

For Syrian man Derar Alkhateeb, touching down at Sydney airport four months ago is still a surreal memory.

He and his young family landed in Australia to a welcoming crowd.

The moment was a stark contrast to the adversity the refugee had faced since fleeing his war-torn country.

“It’s really unbelievable when I arrived in Australia,” he told SBS News.

“I couldn’t believe that it is real.”

Derar and his family arrive at Sydney airport.

Derar and his family arrive at Sydney airport.

The 34-year old is a qualified software engineer with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Damascus. But in the midst of Syria’s civil war his life was put on hold.

His home city of Daraa has been an epicentre for intense bombings during Syria’s civil conflict.

Derar was displaced for six years in Jordan with no work permit and was one of about 80,000 people living in the crowded Zaatari refugee camp.

For the first two years of his journey, he says a single blank piece of paper with his name on it was his only form of identification.

“If you don’t have ID you are stateless, nobody can accept you,” he said.

“My feeling it was mixed with fear and sad and hunger because I left my family and my friends.”

‘I will lose my career’

In Jordan, he met Tuqa, also a Syrian refugee and the woman who would become his wife.

The couple are now parents to three-year-old Hamza and nine-month-old Layan and adapting to life in Australia.

But Derar’s fears for his family from the past few years remain raw.

“No future for them, no future for me, [fear] I will lose my career, lose my skills,” he said.

 

Derar with his wife Tuqa and son Hamza in Jordan.

Derar with his wife Tuqa and son Hamza in Jordan.
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Derar, who now lives in the Western Sydney suburb of Bankstown, is one of five refugees and their families to enter Australia this year on skilled migrant visas under a humanitarian pilot project.

TBB – the project behind their recruitment – is a not-for-profit helping connect refugees with employers seeking to fill skill shortages.

Many refugee candidates are eligible for regular skilled visas, but others aren’t due to barriers including a lack of documentation.

Founder John Cameron said his organization is helping businesses recruit highly skilled but often forgotten workers.

“It’s a normal competitive recruitment process,” he said.

“This isn’t charity, this is employers filling skill gaps that they struggle to fill locally.”

Derar with his family at his home in Western Sydney's Bankstown.

Derar with his family at his home in Western Sydney’s Bankstown.
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees puts the global number of displaced people at 70.8 million. TBB has registered more than 10,000 refugees as potential applicants over the past three years.

“We are talking about individuals here and amazing individuals that deserve a life,” Mr Cameron said.

“The refugees that we show to employers are very much assets rather than liabilities.”

We are talking about individuals here and amazing individuals that deserve a life.

– JOHN CAMERON, TBB

In Derar’s case, he has been recruited by Australian technology company IRESS, which has offices across the world.

TBB helped him to secure a temporary skill shortage visa to become a software engineer for the company.

“They brought me back to life, they renew the hope, they renew the hope to me, for better future, better life,” he said.

Derar Alkhateeb is working as a software engineer in Sydney for technology company IRESS.

Derar Alkhateeb is working as a software engineer in Sydney for technology company IRESS.
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IRESS Group General Counsel Peter Ferguson says the company has employed two workers under the recruitment pathway. He said it’s a win-win situation.

“It is done on merit so we get access to talent – talent that we urgently need,” he said.

“But it also improves the life of individuals like Derar and his family.”

He said their applicants go through the same recruiting process as anyone else, but acknowledged the humanitarian significance of hiring in this way.

“It’s not the exclusive driver of what we’ve done but it does add a dimension that is important to us,” he said.

“The industry in which we conduct our business is highly competitive and if we can find a different pool of talent that just makes good business sense.”

Derar Alkhateeb

Derar at work.
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TBB’ pilot program has received preliminary support from the Australian government.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs said the project aligns with international efforts to expand “complementary pathways” for refugees.

“A small number of … supported cases are being considered within the Humanitarian Program as a pilot arrangement, which will be evaluated once completed,” the statement read.

The Department of Home Affairs said Australia provides a pathway for up to 1,000 skilled and employment-ready refugees already through its own Community Support Program (CSP).

Derar leaving Sydney airport with his family.

Derar leaving Sydney airport with his family.

Lisa Button is a Senior Project Manager for the Centre for Policy Development.

The think tank’s work includes extensive research into refugee economic participation in Australia.

She said skilled migration pathways for refugees help complement others being run on more traditional humanitarian grounds.

“It’s bridging that gap recognising that refugees … often have a lot of skills and capacities to bring to the Australian economy,” she said.

Ms Button said their research shows one of the biggest challenges for most refugees is finding sustainable work or starting a business.

“Business is important in this equation – but it is not the whole story,” she said.

“Government services, community groups they really need to part of the equation to provide that holistic support.”

His opportunity is one Derar believes more families like his deserve.

“I’m very grateful to all of those who helping me to change my life to dreaming again with bright future.”

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