Bridging visa restrictions stop skilled migrant women from working in professional careers
When Anam Irshad travelled from Pakistan to Australia, she sacrificed the luggage space she had for clothing to make room for her pharmacy books.
The pharmacist had worked hard for her degree and wanted to make sure she had the books for when she returned to her profession in Australia.
Nine years later, she has not had an opportunity to use them.
"Sometimes I open them, I read them, [I think], OK, maybe in the future I will use them, but they are still with me," Ms Irshad said.
Ms Irshad is among a cohort of professional migrant women who have been unable to return to their careers in Australia because they are on bridging visas.
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