Indian Graduates Now Eligible for Temporary Graduate Visa for Australia: Details Inside
Under this agreement, Indian graduates with a bachelor’s degree can stay in Australia for two years on the Temporary Graduate Visa.
Temporary visa for graduates: The Australian High Commissioner, after announcing Australia’s new migration policy, emphasized the country’s commitment to upholding agreements made under the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA). This development has confirmed and ensured that Indian graduates are eligible for a temporary graduate visa in accordance with the conditions laid down in the AI-ECTA.
Under this agreement, Indian graduates with a bachelor’s degree can stay in Australia for two years on the Temporary Graduate Visa, while those pursuing a master’s degree are eligible for a three-year visa. In addition, individuals completing a PhD are entitled to a temporary four-year graduate visa.
Philip Green, Australian High Commissioner to India, while addressing the media, expressed optimism about the continued growth of the number of Indian students in Australia.
“The commitments agreed by India and Australia under the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA) will be maintained under the new migration strategy. This means that Indian graduates will continue to be eligible for a temporary graduate visa for two years for a bachelor’s degree, three years for a master’s degree and four years for a doctorate,” Green said.
Highlighting the Australian Government’s commitment to welcoming high quality students seeking educational opportunities, the High Commissioner stated: “The Government will continue to welcome high quality students seeking educational opportunities to Australia. I see no reason why Indian student numbers should not continue to grow.”
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has said the country now has a strategy for its migration system. The government’s migration strategy was released on Monday and sets out a new vision for Australia’s migration system, with a policy roadmap of eight key actions and more than 25 new policy commitments and areas for future reform. This migration strategy is the result of extensive consultation with businesses, trade unions and other stakeholders, and more than 450 submissions have been received as part of the migration system overhaul.
“Today, together with @unionsaustralia and the @BCAcomau, I launched the Albanian government’s migration strategy with @andrewjgiles. This is a major step forward in reforming Australia’s broken migration system with the biggest migration reforms in a generation,” Claire O Neil, the Home Secretary, wrote on X.
Today I launched the Albanian government’s migration strategy @andrewjgilestogether with @unionsaustralia and the @BCAcomau.
This is a major step forward in reforming Australia’s broken migration system, with the biggest migration reforms in a generation. pic.twitter.com/4rlXqkoGZ7
— Clare O’Neil MP (@ClareONeilMP) December 11, 2023
“A once-in-a-generation review of the migration system found that it was a deliberate decision to neglect the system” and that it was “so badly broken” that it “needed a decade of rebuilding.” The Albanian government is solving this,” her message added.
A one-off assessment of the migration system found that it had been a conscious decision to neglect the system” and that it was “so badly broken” that a “rebuild within ten years” was required.
The Albanian government is solving this.
— Clare O’Neil MP (@ClareONeilMP) December 11, 2023
(With ANI inputs)