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Australia's ruling Labor Party said on Monday it would raise visa fees for international students to A$2,000 ($1,279) if reelected, the latest measure aimed at the lucrative education sector that has been a major source of immigration.

Australia's new student visa rules focuses on stricter eligibility, higher financial and English language requirements among others.

Australia plans to increase student visa fees to A$2,000 in 2025, as part of migration policy reforms and efforts to cap student numbers at 270,000 annually.

Labor announced it would raise the student visa fee to AUD 2,000 (about Rs 1.07 lakh), up from the current AUD 1,808

At least six Australian universities have imposed restrictions on student applications from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir after visa rejection rates for Indian students hit 24.

Australia's Labour Party has proposed raising international student visa fees to A$2,000  from the current A$1,600 if re-elected

Ahead of Australia's May 3 federal election, the Coalition has pledged a rapid review of the Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485).

Nigerians may soon have to pay over N2 million in visa application fees when applying to study in Australia, as the Australian government

Students from at least six Indian states have been barred from enrolling at several Australian colleges.Due to growing worries about student visa fraud and abus

Bond University Vice Chancellor Tim Brailsford on foreign student caps because of housing: “While the headlines are all about the numbers of incoming international students, a more significant longer-term consideration is how we view the benefits of international students staying after their graduation.”

The National Tertiary Education Union says Coalition's promise to increase housing availability by slashing new international student enrolments ... $2,500. The visa application fees for international students hoping to study in Australia — approximately ...

Nigerians seeking to study in Australia could soon face visa application fees exceeding N2 million, as the Australian government considers raising the student visa fee from AUD$1,600 to AUD$2,000 — about N2,

Starting from May 10, 2024, international students should submit evidence of savings of at least A$29,710 ($19,576) to be granted a visa.That was the second increase in around seven months after it was increased from A$21,

International student visa fees under Labor will still be far cheaper than if the Coalition wins the upcoming election, with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledging to increase them to $5,000 for Group of Eight universities, and to $2,500 for all other institutions.

Queensland University of Technology’s vice-chancellor has blamed the ease with which foreign students could previously get into the university, and the subsequent poaching of those students by private providers, as the reason almost half of its commencing international students dropped out or failed to show up.