Student visas offer international students the opportunity to live and study in Australia on a temporary basis. The main and organic purpose of a study visa is for international students to
Covid-19 has had an impact on all industries in Australia including education. Universities and international students in particular have been impacted by Covid-19 travel restrictions.
While overseas students are given the privilege of studying in Australia on student visas, they are limited in some aspects, the biggest being employment.
Currently, anyone on a student visa is able to work 20 hours a week when school is in session and as much as 40 hours a week when school is out of session. Postgraduate research students and students who have commenced a masters by research or a doctoral degree in Australia are not subject to employment limitations. Any work that is registered as part of the course is not included in the visa employment limitations.
The Australian Government is getting tough on those who are trying to come into this country illegally by targeting scam marriages or those which they don’t believe are genuine.
Partner migration accounts for a quarter of the total migrant intake and 70,000 are expected to be submitted this year with around 48,000 being approved. The highest number of applicants come from China, UK, India and Vietnam.
Australia has adopted a new student visa processing system that might make life a little easier for future students and higher education providers. The proposed new process, called, the simplified student visa framework (SSVF), will launch in July 2016 replacing the streamlined visa processing (SVP), which has been used since 2012.
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