Visa processing time is the average time the Department of Immigration and registered migration companies take to handle visa lodgements up to approval. Considered unique and of equal urgency among all applicants, visa applications are processed using time service standards that are linked to the Portfolio Budget Statements. Simply, the department can only assign migration [...]
The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has within its Australian Student Visa Program an integrity measure to ensure that the Student Visa Program is used as is intended. That is to provide a quality education to international students and not to be used by such students as a way of attempting to [...]
Australia, one of the top five best countries to study in the world, offers sought-after quality education on top of exciting cultural diversity. Proof of delivery on this promise is the fact that five Australian universities have made it to the top 100 of the 400-plus higher education institutions worldwide ranked by Times Higher Education [...]
Changes to Australian Student Visa Assessment Levels Within the Australian Student Visa Program, each country, across each education sector, is assigned an assessment level which is based on the calculated immigration risk posed by students from that country studying in that education sector. To determine the assessment level of a particular country and education sector, [...]
Students enrolled in courses where the main course of study is at bachelor, masters or doctoral level with universities and their eligible business partners who offer streamlined student visa processing (SVP) arrangements have the benefit of being assessed as though they are a lower immigration risk irrespective of their country of origin. The universities participating [...]
Australia receives an uncapped number of international students every year. The government does not limit the number of student visas granted to international students in part because the industry contributes so significantly to the country’s economy. Approximately $14.5 billion is generated from international student sector each year, making the international education industry Australia’s largest non-resource [...]
Studying in Australia and Student Visas Australia offers a diverse range of study options for international students with more than 1,200 institutions and over 22,000 courses to choose from. One can study at all levels of education, from primary and secondary school to vocational training (VET), or from English language courses to higher education inclusive [...]
Australia has a highly competitive education system that magnets foreign students from different countries. Records from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship show that in the June 2013 quarter, lodgements for student visas rose to 74,899, 20.9% higher than in the same quarter last year. With a 92.8% grant rate in the June 2013 quarter [...]
Aside from promising job opportunities, Australia is also an attractive country for its education system. The Australian government allots a huge part of its budget to education; in fact, the country’s 2013-2014 federal budget sets aside $9.8 billion for school funding reforms, the second highest budget allotment after defence. The high budget helps make the [...]
Being one of the four leading destination countries for global student mobility (in line with the US, Canada, and the UK), Australia intends to keep its reputation as a good international education provider by offering eight visa types to foreign students. But identifying the right visa type that students need to apply for may be [...]
Australia, one of the top five best countries to study in the world, offers sought-after quality education on top of exciting cultural diversity. Proof of delivery on this promise is the fact that five Australian universities have made it to the top 100 of the 400-plus higher education institutions worldwide ranked by Times Higher Education [...]