Australia Implements New Visa Rules To Impact Indian Students From July 1: Indian students who are currently studying in Australia, and those who want to work in Australia, a piece of news for all of them. Australia implemented the new visa rules for Indian graduates from Australian institutes can apply for work in Australia, and the work cap for International students will be increased from July 2023. To know more about this, keep reading this article till the end. In this article, we will discuss Australia implements new visa rules to impact Indian students.
Australia Implements New Visa Rules To Impact Indian Students From July 1
Starting From 1st July 2023, Indian graduates from Australian tertiary colleges and universities can now apply to work in Australia for up to 8 years. This visa rule results from the recent bilateral agreement between India and Australia.
This agreement introduces the new MATES (Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme). Through this scheme, 3,000 young Indian professionals can now spend two years in Australia without visa sponsorship. Under this agreement, Australia seeking to start research in India can apply for an S-5 visa, staying in India for up to three years or during their research project.
The MATES is a temporary visa program that caters to pass-out or current graduates from recognized Indian institutes with degrees in specialized study areas. The MATES visa’s processing time and fees have yet to be announced.
The eligible areas for the MATES visa include the following:
- Engineering
- Financial technology
- Mining
- Artificial intelligence
- Agricultural Technology
- Information & Communication Technology
- Renewal Energy
Eligibility for MATES visa are:
- Students must be below the age of 31
- They must have graduated from a recognized institute
- They must be a recent pass-out
- Students should be at an early stage of the career.
Beginning 1st July 2023, international graduates from higher education with suitable qualifications will acquire two more years of post-study work rights. It applies to the Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485). It is given to the existing one to two years of work privileges for qualified candidates who study, work or live in provincial regions.
New Visa Rule For Work Cap For Australian Student Visa Holders
From July 1, Australian student visa holders will have a new work-hour cap. Previously work restrictions were relaxed during the pandemic. New instructions were reintroduced and set a normal limit of 40 to 48 hours per fortnight for all visa holders students (but banning those in the aged care sector).
This new rule aims to help students concentrate on their studies while helping themselves financially, acquiring practical work experience, and contributing to Australia’s workforce requirements.
Australian Visa holders candidates currently working in the aged care sector as of 9 May 2023 can continue to begin their work in unrestricted hours until the end of 31 December 2023. However, with the work hours flexibility, students must maintain their course registration and ensure satisfactory attendance and progress in their studies. Please comply with these needs to avoid a breach of visa requirements.
Permanent Migration Programme 2023-24
The Australian government also announced its new planning level programs for the 2023-24 Permanent Migration Programme and set at total of 190,000 places. This new program helps highlight the shortages of skills, attract people with specialized skill sets, and contribute to economic growth in Australia.
This new program consists of various streams, including:
- The Family stream
- The Skill stream
- The Special Eligibility stream
- The Global Talent Visa category
- The BIIP category (Business Innovation and Investment Program)
Under this new skill stream, around 30,375 places have been allotted for Skilled Independent visas to fill the skill set shortages in the work market, including provincial Australia. For 2023-24 the family stream has partner visas of around 40,500, and child visas have 3,000, providing ways to citizenship for Australian family members.
Also, the Permanent Migration Programme (PMP) has allowed 400 places for the Special Eligibility stream, and the Global Talent visa programs have 5,000 spaces. At last, the BIIP category planning level decreased from 5,000 visas to 1,900 visas for 2022-23 to 2023-24 program.
So, it is all about Australia implements new visa rules to impact Indian students from 1st July.
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