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- The Australian government introduced new measures to restrict international students from bringing family members and to limit visa hopping between courses.
- These policy changes aim to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 by 2027-2028.
- Australia has already increased visa refusal rates by strictly applying financial capacity tests for applicants.
- The university sector expressed concern over the impact of these restrictions on research degree students.
What to watch next
- Impact of the new visa restrictions on total international student enrollment figures.
- Potential updates to the government's long-term strategy for international education and workforce planning.
- Further legislative or regulatory workarounds used to manage migration numbers.
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Tony Burke
Home Affairs Minister
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“One of the classic areas of visa hopping is people finish a course, hop to the next course, hop to the next.”
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…flagged the government would clamp down on “visa hopping” by international students. Students will need to prove they are progressing to a course at a higher level to prolong their student visa. As Burke explained: One of the classic areas of visa hopping is people finish a course, hop to the next course, hop to the next. These changes are part of the federal government’s wider bid to bring down net overseas migration from about 290,000 to 225,000 in 2027-’28. The peak body, Universities Australia, described the latest move by the…
Luke Sheehy
Chief executive of Universities Australia
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“because they can be here for up to three or four years while they do that”
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…peak body, Universities Australia, described the latest move by the government as “worrying”. Chief executive Luke Sheehy explained students often bring family members to Australia if they are doing research degrees “ because they can be here for up to three or four years while they do that ”. What has been happening? Over the past three years, the government has been trying to lower the number of international students in Australia. Legislation to give the government greater powers to do this was blocked…
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Named Australia · Australia Bureau of Statistics · Australian Government · Luke Sheehy · Mitchell Institute · One Nation · Tony Burke · Universities Australia · Victoria University
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