The point system is for the various classes of permanent residency applications so it's not really apple's 2 apple's. There are also sponsored visa programs tha

The point system is for the various classes of permanent residency applications so it's not really apple's 2 apple's. There are also sponsored visa programs that come with employer, industry or geography restrictions from the family of US H1B visas. I'm currently in application in Australia, knee deep. Australia's system has it's own problems with it's own unintended consequences. It's very complicated. There are many similar visa classes each with their own rules that get tweaked constantly. That is by design. The system is intended to respond to a need for electrical engineers or plumbers as they come up. There is preference for local graduates of 2 year certification courses (nursing, social work, IT, welding, etc, etc.). This means that private TAFEs have agents going around India, China & Malaysia selling Permanent Residency courses that can be easily funded by "earning while you learn," virtually impossible for most people. There are stories of people expecting crazed recruiters for cushy jobs waiting at the airports while not actually having any idea what their course is about (nothing gets called what it is any more & the official descriptions are often completely meaningless). The low end of 2 year training courses are a boom business. All sorts of abuse, corruption & mess. I agree with you about preserving the rights of the immigrant. I don't think it's possible to do this though whil immigration is this restricted in the world.