Australia has significantly increased the visa application fee for international students, raising it by 125% from $710 to $1,600, effective from today. This move, confirmed by Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil, is part of the Albanese government's strategy to manage record migration and alleviate pressure on the housing market. The fee hike has sparked criticism from the education sector, with concerns that it may deter potential students and harm Australia's fourth-largest export industry. Additionally, the government has announced measures to end 'visa hopping,' a practice that allows international students and temporary visa holders to extend their stay indefinitely. The new fee is non-refundable.
The cost to apply for a visa to study in Australia just more than doubled. This fee is non-refundable. https://t.co/auP4cpTGDJ
Australia doubles visa fees in clampdown on international students Move is one of a raft of changes as nation seeks to reduce migration https://t.co/9js5xns0hq
Australia has doubled visa costs for foreign students, a move likely to crimp one of its biggest export industries. Read today's Australia Briefing by for your daily dose of Bloomberg News from Down Under and around the world. https://t.co/KsoVQIi3dU
Australia has more than doubled visa fees for students from overseas while reducing the time such pupils can remain in the country after graduating. https://t.co/GNrekTPt30
Australia doubles visa fees in clampdown on international students https://t.co/eLBfBCFdM3
The Australian government is doubling the cost of student visa fees for international students, prompting outrage from student representatives who say that the price hike will drive potential students to competitors. https://t.co/10R8FTLhkU
Australia also announces ending of ‘visa hopping’ by which loopholes in visa system allow International students and other temporary visa holders to continuously extend their stay down under. https://t.co/acAy0Y4Gll
Australia has said it has more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market https://t.co/pcghkPcjvT
Australia increases the cost of international student visas applications from $710 (Rs59204) to $1,600 (Rs 13,3418), effective from today. Annoucement: https://t.co/y9m0l21IRO
Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has confirmed the Albanese government quietly raised fees for international student visas to $1,600 overnight, officially making Australia the most expensive place in the world to apply to study. https://t.co/OGg0K0GKLr
Australia dealt a severe blow to international students Monday by raising visa application fees by 125% to boost the “integrity” of its fourth-largest export and help slow overall migration https://t.co/JIZ8078gtj
AUSTRALIA DOUBLES INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA FEE IN MIGRATION CRACKDOWN
Labor hikes international student visa fees as sector warns of ‘death by 1,000 cuts’ https://t.co/OhLLziRsnq
Australia said it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market https://t.co/UPFIj7nujn