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Foreign Students pay Scammers to make their stay in Australia Legal

Australian Immigration department with the help of law enforcing agencies have revealed that students, mostly from India, have been living in Australia after paying thousands of dollars to scammers to obtain necessary “FAKE” documentation to make their stay in the country legal. Local news agencies have reported that the Australian authorities with help from Australian [...]

August 14, 2012No CommentRead More

Australia Increases Student Visa Living Costs

June 24, 2012 No Comment

Australia is increasing the required living cost by $ 610 per year that is required by a potential student visa applicant to meet the living and education costs during studies in Australia.  Currently the amount required to cover the living expenses per year is $8000. Foreign students must provide the documentary evidence of the availability of [...]

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Australia Endeavour Awards 2013 Open for Applications

May 30, 2012 No Comment

Australia  Endeavour Awards is now open for submission of applications for the year 2013 from the international and Australian students. Endeavour Award is  an internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program that provides opportunities for citizens of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. Awards [...]

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Australia will Accept 5000 More Immigrants in 2012-2013

May 14, 2012 4 Comments

Australia Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Bowen has announced an increase of 5000 additional immigrants quota in a bid to meet the skills shortages in Australian labour market during the year 2012-2013. “The measured increase of 5000 places – from 185,000 to 190,000 – comes in the context of significant skills gaps in both the [...]

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Australia to introduce Post-study work visa in 2013

February 28, 2012 5 Comments
Australia to introduce Post-study work visa in 2013

Australian government has announced to launch a new post-study work visa with the dawn of the next year, in a move to improvise its educational sector by attracting plenty of foreign students. According to the new visa policy, which is all ready for implementation, a student who completes two years of education in any Australian [...]

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Australia adopts relaxed visa laws for international students

February 21, 2012 1 Comment
Australia adopts relaxed visa laws for international students

The Australian immigration authorities have decided to ease visa laws for international students in a bid to strengthen further the country’s vast educational sector. Under the relaxed regime, at least 10, 500 foreign students of 29 countries will be granted AL1 visa status. This will help the applicants to get their visas approved quickly and [...]

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Overseas Graduates in Australia to Get Work Permits

January 16, 2012 No Comment

Foreign students studying at the universities in Australia can now get work permits after the completion of their degrees. Australia’s immigration authorities have recently amended the work visa regime with an aim to engage the overseas students in the local industries once their studies are over. The objective of this move is to utilise the [...]

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Australia To Encourage International Students

January 6, 2012 1 Comment

Australian government has reduced the student visa fee to attract the large number of students from all over the world to choose Australia for the studies. According to the new policy, up to $36,000 will be required to apply for the Australian student visa, depending on the type of study programs. The Aussie minister of [...]

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