Subject: Re: Australia doubles foreign student visa fee in migration crackdown
Newsgroups: aus.politics,alt.politics.immigration,can.politics,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.guns,sac.politics
From: rocky <remailer@domain.invalid>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 20:59:17 -0400
In <v5v2sn$2f36$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> slothe wrote:
>
> On 01 Jul 2024, useapen <yourdime@outlook.com> posted some
> news:XnsB1A2CDDBB966BX@135.181.20.170:
>
>> SYDNEY, July 1 (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday 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.
>>
>> From July 1, the international student visa fee has risen to A$1,600
>> ($1,068) from A$710, while visitor visa holders and students with
>> temporary graduate visas are banned from applying onshore for a
>> student visa.
>>
>> "The changes coming into force today will help restore integrity to
>> our international education system, and create a migration system
>> which is fairer, smaller and better able to deliver for Australia,"
>> Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said in a statement.
>>
>> Official data released in March showed net immigration rose 60% to a
>> record 548,800 people in the year to Sept. 30, 2023.
>>
>> The rise in fees makes applying for a student visa for Australia far
>> more expensive than in competing countries like the U.S. and Canada,
>> where they cost about $185 and C$150 ($110) respectively.
>>
>> The government said it was also closing loopholes in visa rules that
>> allowed foreign students to continuously extend their stay in
>> Australia, after the number of students on a second or subsequent
>> student visa spiked by over 30% to more than 150,000 in 2022â23.
>>
>> The latest move follows a raft of actions since late last year to
>> tighten the student visa rules as the lifting of COVID-19 curbs in
>> 2022 boosted annual migration to record levels.
>>
>> English language requirements were tightened in March, while the
>> amount of savings international students need to get a visa was raised
>> in May to A$29,710 ($19,823) from A$24,505, the second increase in
>> about seven months.
>>
>> Universities Australia CEO Luke Sheehy said the government's continued
>> policy pressure on the sector would put the country's position of
>> strength at risk.
>>
>> "This is not good for our economy or our universities, both of which
>> rely heavily on international student fees," Sheehy said in an emailed
>> response.
>>
>> International education is one of Australia's largest export
>> industries and was worth A$36.4 billion to the economy in the
>> 2022-2023 financial year.
>>
>> ($1 = 1.4988 Australian dollars)
>> ($1 = 1.3664 Canadian dollars)
>>
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>>
>> https://www.reuters.com/world/australia-doubles-foreign-student-visa-fe
>> e- migration-crackdown-2024-07-01/
>
> It's a failed experiment in the USA too. Democrats are so damned stupid
> that they think they can take fruit pickers and put them to work in
> logistical and financial management positions or AI coding.
In Australia and Canada they make them politicians.