Offshore Online Classes No Longer Meeting Australian Study Requirements? How to Respond to the 485 Visa Concession Being Scrapped — and How Is the 16 Months Actually Calculated?
Last Friday the MIA sent out a major alert: the Department of Home Affairs has updated the Subclass 485 visa rules. From 25 November, the COVID-era concession — which allowed time spent studying online offshore on a student visa to count as Australian study time — has been cancelled!
