Median average processing time for Subclass 500 Independent ELICOS Sector visas, that were finalised in March 2022, was 29 days.
Median average processing time for Subclass 500 Postgraduate Research Sector visas, that were finalised in March 2022, was 63 days.
Median average processing time for Subclass 500 Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector visas, that were finalised in March 2022, was 14 days.
These processing times include grants and refusals.
Applications which had been on-hand while Australia’s borders were closed due to COVID-19 are now being finalised.
As these older applications are being finalised, published processing times have increased.
Applications lodged recently are … Read the rest
International students enrolled in Australian universities will not be able to change their course of study, thesis or research topic without receiving an approval from the Minister, according to the new Australian visa rules.
Currently, international students are able to … Read the rest
These processing times include grants and refusals.
Applications which had been on-hand while Australia’s borders were closed due to COVID-19 are now being finalised.
As these older applications are being finalised, published processing times have increased.
Applications lodged recently are … Read the rest
International students undertaking formal studies in Australia, and their dependents (for example, spouses and children under 18 years old), must obtain Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the entire duration of their study in Australia.
It includes cover for visits to the doctor, some hospital treatment, … Read the rest
There are currently around 150,000 overseas students who have Australian visa, but are not in Australia at the moment, 19 January 2022.
If they return to Australia between now and eight weeks time, their visa fee will be re-payed back to them.
The Australian Prime Minister … Read the rest
The median processing times for Australian Student Visas, for Hong Kong Citizens, has varied between 15 days and 136 days, during the last 5 quarter years.
Apr-Jun 2020: 74 days.
Jul-Sep 2020: 136 days.
Oct-Dec 2020: 15 days.
Jan-Mar 2021: 25 … Read the rest
The number of student visa grants, for overseas applicants, is beginning to rise again, but is still very much lower than pre COVID-19 years.
