June 12 2024:
Restricting ‘Visa Hopping’ – Students & Graduates

From 1 July 2024, Temporary Graduate Visa holders will not be able to apply for Student Visas onshore. In their recent ‘Graduates in Limbo’ report, the Grattan Institute found that 32 per cent of Temporary Graduate Visa holders are returning to study when their visa expires in order to prolong their stay in Australia.

This change makes it clear that graduates should be finding skilled jobs and becoming permanent residents, or departing the country when they are more likely to become ‘permanently temporary’.

These changes support a range of other changes that are being implemented for Temporary Graduate visa holders on 1 July. These include significantly shorter post-study work rights, reduced age limits from 50 to 35 years of age, and increased English language requirements which were implemented in March 2024.

You can read more about these changes in the Government’s Media Release 12 June 2024.

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