In a statement, the Department of Home Affairs said the overseas student education sector, along with the agents who recruit students and help arrange visas, are monitored by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency and the Australian Skills Quality Authority. Colleges and agents are required under the law to act with integrity.LoadingTrafficked can also reveal how investigators have uncovered the systemic rorting of the English language testing system meant to protect the integrity of Australia’s immigration system.One federal investigation targeting a Chinese organised crime syndicate run by a suspected prolific English language test rorter has uncovered how the network…

Short on time? Here are the highlights: Opportunities to work during or after studies play a huge part in student decision making when planning for study abroad We’ve created a summary of post-study work rights for 13 top destinations You’ll also find information on how much students can work while their studies are in session It’s been a year or so since we published our last summary of post-study work rights in leading destinations, and there have been important changes since then. Knowing that many prospective international students investigate work rights policies when making decisions about where to study, several…

By Peter Hurley When Australia’s borders slammed shut during COVID, international students were among those who were stranded. This disrupted lives and studies, and put a major revenue stream for Australian universities in doubt. The latest data shows international students are returning to Australia. Since international borders reopened in December 2021, the number of overseas students in Australia has risen by more than 120,000. – Advertisement – Applications for student visas – an indicator of future student numbers – are also at record levels. But this growth is not shared equally around the university sector. It is the larger, more…

The latest information on student visa processing, applications for 2023 study, passport scanning, and post-study work visas are the key topics covered in this month’s update from Immigration New Zealand.  Update on student visa processing* Since the borders reopened on 1 August 2022, we have received 7,710 student visa applications from international students outside New Zealand. We have decided 4,885 of these applications with over half of these decisions being made in less than 4 weeks and 95% being made within 7 weeks.  *Figures current as at 17 October 2022. Submit your student visa application for early 2023 study now Thank you to everyone…

The Conference Board of Canada, October 20, 2022 Data Briefing by Kathryn Dennler This data briefing explores the immigration pathways of international students in Canada and how to improve access to permanent residence for international students. Document Highlights The number of international students in Canada doubled between 2000–01 and 2009–10. The pace of growth has accelerated further since 2010. But Canada lacks a strategy to coordinate between granting study permits and selecting international students for immigration. Study alone is rarely enough to make international students eligible for permanent residence. Of international students who gained permanent residence, 88 per cent had…

Published on October 23rd, 2022 at 08:00am EDT International students are changing the demographics of education in Canada, with Indian international students overwhelmingly leading the charge. Discover your options to study in Canada According to Statistics Canada’s September 12th report, the demand for post-college credential programs (PCC) (credentials typically requiring some other form of post-secondary education first to be eligible) has shot up in popularity in Canada, increasing from 6% of all graduations in 2014 to over 13% of all college graduations in 2019. While these PCCs are popular for the career-specific training that they can provide students—by far the…

Starting with a Canada students visa rejection rate of around 35% in 2019 with the beginning of Covid-19, it further went down to 60% in 2022. Even the good profiles were being rejected without any reason and students had to wait 8-10 months or more to get visas but now in some relief the rejection rate has started improving though quite slow. Students with a gap of 3 years have got study visas in the past few weeks. Consultants said that one of the main reasons behind this improvement is that due to high rejection from Canada a large number…

SWEDEN The Swedish Migration Agency believes it has found indications that significant numbers of international students are abusing their residence permits, but not everyone agrees with the criteria used to make that claim.A recent report, “Abuse of Residence Permit for Study”, reflects the findings of an investigation into Pakistani students, in particular, who were granted residence visas in 2020 to pursue two-year masters programmes at the Halmstad and Linnaeus universities.The report suggests that close to one-third of the Pakistani students applied to Sweden with the primary intention of working rather than studying and did not apply for their residence permit…

Published: Published Date – 11:30 PM, Sat – 22 October 22 Once international students receive offers from the institutions to which they’ve applied, they go through the U.S. student visa application process. Hyderabad: Hello readers! In last week’s column, we concluded Step 3 from our series on EducationUSA’s “5 Steps to U.S. Study” So far, we have discussed “Step 1: Research Your options” “Step 2: Finance Your Studies” and “Step 3: Complete Your Application” and this week we will be moving on to “Step 4: Apply for Your Student Visa.” Once international students receive offers from the institutions to which…