Australia tightens foreign student visa rules as migration hits record high | Oneindia News
Australia is set to implement stricter visa regulations for foreign students this week, as the latest official figures reveal yet another surge in migration numbers, intensifying pressure on the already strained rental market. Starting Saturday, tougher English language requirements will be enforced for student and graduate visas, accompanied by increased government authority to suspend education providers found repeatedly violating regulations in recruiting international students.
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00:00 Australia is set to implement stricter visa regulations for foreign students this week
00:07 as the latest official figures reveal yet another surge in migration numbers, intensifying
00:12 pressure on the already strained rental market.
00:14 Starting Saturday, tougher English language requirements will be enforced for student
00:18 and graduate visas, accompanied by increased government authority to suspend education
00:22 providers found repeatedly violating regulations in recruiting international students.
00:28 Home Affairs Minister Claire O'Neill emphasised that these measures aim to curtail migration
00:32 levels while fulfilling commitments outlined in the migration strategy to address the shortcomings
00:36 inherited by the current administration.
00:38 Additionally, a new genuine student test will be introduced to deter individuals primarily
00:44 seeking employment opportunities in Australia under the guise of student visas.
00:48 Furthermore, no further stay conditions will be more widely applied to visitor visas.
00:54 These initiatives follow a series of actions taken last year to eliminate COVID-era concessions
00:59 introduced by the previous government, including unrestricted working hours for international
01:03 students.
01:04 The tightening of rules for students is anticipated to halve Australia's migrant intake over
01:08 a two-year period.
01:09 Amidst the pandemic-induced border restrictions, Australia augmented its annual migration figures
01:15 in 2022 to assist businesses in addressing staff shortages.
01:19 However, this surge in foreign workers and students has intensified pressure on the rental
01:23 market.
01:24 Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals a 60% increase in net migration,
01:29 reaching a record 548,800 individuals in the year, ending September 30, 2023.
01:36 This influx, largely driven by students from India, China and the Philippines, has expanded
01:40 the labour pool and mitigated wage inflation but has further strained an already constrained
01:45 housing market, characterised by record low rental vacancies and elevated construction
01:50 costs hindering new supply.
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