Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
A British tax payer sponsors the settlement application, its a fact settlement visas are not a priority from the time scales, same with the time scale for visit visas
The scheme is for a TOURIST visa though, not a settlement visa

From the article:-

Ahead of his visit to Australia for the G20 summit, Mr Cameron announced that the scheme will be extended from India and China to seven other countries including South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand and the Philippines.


The only way it's affecting the British tax payer is by putting another £600 per application into the economy