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A large number of Indian students are studying in Australia. The new immigration policy recently announced by the Australian government has left many foreign students including Indian students confused. These are the same Indian students who have gone to the island country to pursue higher education. The new policy has reduced the upper age limit to apply for Temporary Graduate Visa (TGV) with work rights from 50 years to 35 years. However, there is some confusion as to whether this condition applies to already admitted students or only to future admitted students. TGV can be applied for after completing any study program in Australia.
An immigration consultant said there was a webinar on Tuesday on the “new policy” in which various immigration consultants in India interacted with officials from the Australian Department of Education, Home Affairs and Australia. However, they were silent on whether the age Whether the cap criteria would be applicable to students already admitted or not. Meanwhile, students who had taken up higher education after the age of 35 in the last two to three years were worried as many of them were yet to take TGV. Have to apply.”
“A lot of foreign students in Australia are really confused,” said a Melbourne-based NRI. Many of those employers are looking at other options like sponsored visas. They said the Australian government lowered the upper age limit to prevent cases of ‘visa hopping’, whereby tourists travel to Australia on a ‘visitor visa’ for a holiday or to visit relatives in Australia and enter a diploma or bachelor’s degree programme. They register their names and later apply for on-shore study visa. The source further said, “As soon as the study visa file was submitted, the applicant received a bridging visa which was a kind of protection to stay in the country till the outcome of the study visa application. However, now this facility of granting visa hopping or onshore visa has been stopped.
It is a matter of relief that any Indian student applying for a two-year diploma course will get 18 months of work authorization under the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), while work under AI-ECTA The right to do so will continue for three years for Indian students pursuing master’s courses. Indians studying PhD courses in Australia get the right to work for four years after completion of their studies. Another source said, “Reducing the age limit to apply for TGVs to 35 is a clear signal from the Australian government that they want only young and bright students to study in their country”.
