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

As Australians prepare to head to the polls, Neil Fitzroy of Oxford International Education Group shares his perspective with The PIE.

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.

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.

Both major political parties are pledging steep cuts on the number of foreigners allowed to study in Australia as a way to rein in runaway housing prices.

Peter Dutton will pledge to cap the number of international students able to start study in Australia each year at 240,000, after blocking Labor's attempts to introduce legislation to limit enrolments last year.

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 ...

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.

The revocation of US study visas and the deletion of student information from the SEVIS system is causing great worry among both parents and students.

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.

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

Labor plans to squeeze $760m in extra revenue from foreign students by charging them $2000 to apply for a visa from July 1, after Home Affairs revealed it cancelled 15,535 study visas last year.