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Australia Works Hard to Keep it a Priority Destination for International Students

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As we hopefully move away from the clutches of the pandemic that shook the world, the Australian government is doing everything in its power to keep the country a preferred destination for international students and options for Australia migration wide open.

For the country and its economy, international students are an integral part. They support 250,000 jobs and contribute $40 billion to the economy when they study in Australia. They also may become citizens of the country, one day.

When the pandemic emerged, the education sector was the worst-hit. As internationalboarders remain closed to stop spread of the coronavirus, the challenges of the industry only escalated.

However, to face these challenges, Australia has brought five visa changes that willensure that the country still remains the best option for international students.

The changes brought are:

 The government will start providing student visa to students wanting to study inAustralia that are filed outside the country. This ensures that when the pandemic subdues and the boarders reopen, students will already have visas. They can make quick arrangements for travel as well for Australia migration.

 If students are unable to complete their study due to Covid-19 withing the originalvisa period, they can apply for further visa free.

 Those students who now attend online classes due to Covid-19 outside Australiacan have it counted towards the requirements of Australian study for post-study work visa, if they wish.

 Graduates who have a student visa and are unable to return to study in Australiadue to the pandemic will have eligibility to apply for a post-study wok visa, if they please.

 Students will be given additional time to provide their English language test results where the pandemic has disrupted these services.

Alan Tudge, the Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, stated that the measured are to offer assurance and confidence to international students who are already in Australia for higher education as well as for those who were unable to reach Australia due to travel restrictions imposed.

Mr. Tudge said, “These measures back the international education sector – our fourth largest export sector – and will assist its recovery. In making these changes, we have been guided by the principles that the health of Australians is key, but that international students should not be further disadvantaged by COVID-19,” he went on.

He also assured the country will always support international students saying, “We are a welcoming nation with a world-class education system and some of the lowest rates of COVID-19 in the world. Students want to study here and we want to welcome them back in a safe and measured way when it is safe to do so.

“Doing so will not only support the education sector, it will also have flow-on effects for many local communities and businesses, including accommodation services, tourism, hospitality and retail,” he continued.

Dan Tehan, the Minister of Education, said “Our remarkable efforts in controlling thespread of the virus mean we can begin to welcome back international students in a COVID safe way once state borders re-open and face-to-face learning resumes,”reflecting the same sentiment

“As well as supporting jobs, international education builds our connection to the rest of the world and supports a number of critical industries like health, aged and disability care,” he said.

Australian government, keeping the current situations in mind, has also eased various employment restrictions of international students who work in such integral verticals as disability, aged and health care.

The country has always found to be extremely supportive of international students being flexible when the students could not meet their student visa conditions such as attendances of regular classes in person.

 

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