Visa delays in key UK market see students miss out on January starts
Students from Pakistan hoping to join courses across the UK in January are having to withdraw their applications in droves as visa decisions have not been made fast enough.
Students from Pakistan hoping to join courses across the UK in January are having to withdraw their applications in droves as visa decisions have not been made fast enough.
Modelling suggests African students will account for one in eight international students by 2050, but visa rejections are seriously hampering efforts to enrol students from across the continent.
The Australian Association of Education Representatives of India has launched a petition citing concerns that “political crossfire” leading to high rates of “unfair” visa rejections or delays.
Australia's ELICOS sector is suffering what stakeholders are calling the worst visa rejection rates in almost two decades.
Prospective students to universities in Australia are being instructed to withdraw their applications before their visas have been returned by the Department of Home Affairs.
Provinces across Canada will be prescribed allotments from the federal government as to how many international study permits they can hand out and PPP will no longer be eligible for PGWP, the federal government has announced.
The lowering of the maximum eligible age for a post-study work visa in Australia to 35 "goes against the national desire to tackle skills shortages and attract talent such as PhD graduates".
Advocates for the UK's Graduate Route are gearing up efforts into protecting the post-study work right opportunity for international students ahead of a review into the scheme.