Normal processing times can vary depending on the location of the applicant, and on the numbers of applicants at any specific time.
A current notice on one Embassy website is:
Processing times for Student subsequent entrant visa applications … Read the rest
Five visa changes are being implemented in Australia to ensure that international students are not worse off due to the coronavirus pandemic and that Australia remains competitive with other countries.
The changes include:
The subclass 476 visa is the Skilled – Recognised Graduate Visa, which allows recent engineering graduates to live, work or study in Australia for up to 18 months.
You must have completed a degree or higher qualification from a specified institution … Read the rest
Universities have been told to arrange Stringent Quarantine for returning International Students.
Health Minister Greg Hunt has said that Australian universities should put forward suggestions about how they could bring international students back to campuses.
This is basically saying: If you want International Students back, at the same time as … Read the rest
Student visa applicants must have sufficient funds to live in Australia without needing to work.
In 2019, the Department of Home Affairs increased the annual expenses to $21,041 that a single applicant is required to demonstrate the evidence of, in addition to the course fee, in order to satisfy the … Read the rest
On the 4th April 2020 the Australian government announced policies and advice for various holders of visas in Australia.
Permanent visa holders are treated much the same as Australian Citizens for government benefits.
Temporary visa holders however are very different. There are over 2 million temporary visa holders in Australia. … Read the rest
17,819 overseas students were stripped of their visas in 2018-2019, the most common nationality was Chinese.
In the last financial year there were 68,917 applications submitted for the subclass 485 visa streams.
During the same period, 63,994 grants were made for this visa stream.
The above figures included 17,758 subclass 485 secondary applications, and 16,532 secondary application grants.… Read the rest
An analysis of sixty four subclass 485 subsequent entry visa grants in 2019 has shown that the processing times, for those granted, has taken between 50 and 168 days between Application and Grant.
Some applicants made an application that included … Read the rest
This visa is for international students who have recently graduated from an Australian educational institution.
It lets you work in Australia temporarily after you have finished your studies.
You must be in Australia when you apply, and at time of grant.
The Temporary … Read the rest
