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Every Friday, Newstars shares our internal grants and invitation data for popular visa categories. Reference for current visa processing times on the Department of Home Affairs website: Department Updates Visa Processing Times | 189/190/491 Faster or Slower? Employer Sponsorship Still Prioritised!
Newstars internal data this week: 30 January – 3 February 2023
Since January last year, Australia lifted the 40-hours-per-fortnight work restriction, allowing international students to work full-time with no hours cap. However, from 30 June 2023, work hour limits for international students in Australia will be reinstated.
This rule has already taken effect, primarily affecting those who received a Subclass 189 invitation in December last year. Some applicants’ PY had expired under the old rule and assumed their invitation was forfeit. As they are still within the 60-day lodgement window following the invitation, they can still lodge their visa application — there is still time!
The big news this week: China’s Ministry of Education Service Centre for Overseas Students has officially announced that overseas qualifications obtained through remote learning from the 2023 spring semester onwards will no longer be eligible for certification — prompting tens of thousands of Chinese students to rush back to Australia.
Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane are consistently ranked among the world’s top ten most liveable cities. Australia has 43 universities, several of which — including the University of Sydney, UNSW Sydney, the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, Monash University and the University of Queensland — are perennial fixtures in the global top 100. Universities such as the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Wollongong and RMIT University are also regular top-200 performers, known for their practical, hands-on programmes and popular with international students.
China’s Ministry of Education has officially announced major news: students who continue taking online classes in the first half of this year will be unable to have their qualifications recognised! Yes — this applies to the semester starting right now (the autumn semester in the Southern Hemisphere, the spring semester in the Northern Hemisphere). This means that many students who have been taking online classes from within China, or who planned to return home with just one subject left, may now need to urgently apply for a student visa
