Australia doubled the student visa fee

According to the Reuters news agency report on Monday, Australia announced that since July 1 (July 11, 1403) in order to curb the unprecedented immigration to this country, it has doubled the visa rate of international students to this country; Therefore, according to the report, from July 1st, the Australian student visa went from 710 Australian dollars to 1,600 Australian dollars, equal to 1,446 American dollars.

Meanwhile, people who traveled to Australia with a tourist visa and those students who are in this country with a temporary student visa were prohibited from applying for a student visa.

Carl O’Neil (Clare O’Neil), the Minister of Internal Affairs of Australia, issued a statement about this and announced: the changes that will be implemented from today will help to restore the integrity of the international education system.

According to this report, the increase in the price of student visas in Australia is even more than in countries such as America and Canada. For example, the student visa rate is $185 in the US and $149 in Canada. According to official data published last March, the immigration rate in Australia has increased by 60% and reached 548 thousand people on September 30, 2023, equal to October 8, 1402.

Reuters reported: The Australian government is also looking to close loopholes in student visas that allow foreign students to stay longer to continue their studies; Because these cases have increased by 30% between 2022 and 2023, and 150 thousand foreign students have obtained continued residence in this way.

The new policy is a blow to the income from international education

Luke Sheehy, the executive director of the Australian University, criticized the Canberra government’s new policy and said: “The government’s continued pressure on this sector will jeopardize the country’s strong revenue-generating position.” This action is not good for the Australian economy and universities in this country, because both of these sectors are highly dependent on the tuition fees of foreign students.

Reuters reported: The income from foreign students studying in Australian universities is the most important part of the country’s income generation, so that between the fiscal years 2022 and 2023, this income reached 36 billion and 400 million dollars.

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