With the release of a report recommending ways to reform the education sector, immigration policy could also be affected if further planning is ignored. Source

The upper age limit to be eligible to hold a temporary graduate visa will be significantly lowered from 50 to 35.  This article argues why the proposed policy change should be urgently reconsidered. Source

Effective 1 December 2023, Malaysia introduced a package of new visa settings designed to make it easier for visitors and students to enter the country. The Visa Liberalisation Plan, eases visa requirements in a range of areas, including, a 30-day visa exemption for visitors from China and India, a “multiple entry visa” mechanism that allows… Source

New government policies in Spain – as well as a changed competitive context in the broader international education landscape – appear to be contributing to Spain’s increasing popularity among foreign students. Even before the pandemic, the collective value of students studying in Spain’s language courses, undergraduate and graduate courses, and business schools – including those… Source

Hong Kong universities are set to use a sizeable grant from its UGC to turn to India as the main destination from which to recruit students. Source

A memo obtained by Canadian Press indicates that then Immigration Minister Sean Fraser was warned during the COVID-19 pandemic that allowing international students to work more hours could undermine the integrity of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Source

There is more pain to come for students as institutions move to protect their immigration rating. A source told the Koala last night that several Source

Today, the Minister sat down with the Council for International Education to discuss recent visa changes and the situation that has been occurring. This Source

How lucky we are to have former ministers lending a hand in these difficult times Source