Australia has recently announced plans to limit the number of international students allowed to study in the country from the next academic session. This initiative, termed the “National Planning Level” (NPL), will cap the number of new overseas student commencements (NOSC) at 270,000, starting from January 1, 2025. The proposal, still pending parliamentary approval, aims […]
SYDNEY: Australia saidon Monday it had morethan doubled the visa feefor international students,the latest move by the gov-ernment to rein in recordmigration that has intensi-fied pressure on an alreadytight housing market. From July 1, the inter-national student visa feehas risen to A$1,600($1,068) from A$710,while visitor visa holdersand students with tempo-rary graduate visas arebanned from applyingonshore […]
From today, applicants for student visas in Australia must show that they have AUD 29,710 to help fund their time in the country. The required figure, which was last raised to AUD 24,505 in October, is aligned with 75% of an Australian minimum wage salary.In announcing the change, the government said that it will mean […]
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There is no widespread evidence a post-study visa for international students is being “abused”, a report says. The Migration Advisory Committee said the visa attracted students to the UK and should remain. If it were scrapped, universities would lose income from international students’ fees and have to cut courses, the MAC said. The government, which […]
SYDNEY — Australia says it will impose limits on the number of international students coming into the country to ease stress on housing and to reduce immigration. The government in Canberra has said that international education programs, under which foreign students come to study in Australia, were fertile ground for immigration and visa fraud. In […]
Due to labor shortages post-Covid and Australia’s stringent border security policies, the country is facing a stark labor shortage.
Due to a lack of skilled workers in the country, Australia has decided to relax its visa requirements. In order to attract more workers, the government wants to mitigate migration and visa processing backlogs.