Immigration Changes Hit Foreign Education

For those planning to head to Australia, the visa is very important documents. It is therefore not surprising that many people queuing at the embassy to get their visas. And it is interesting to note that a large proportion of these applicants are students who hope the opportunity to study in the country.

But with the recent changes implemented by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) Skilled Migration Program to, this seemed an opportunity to become much slimmer. In case you do not remember the changes that were made by DIAC was re-skilled occupation list, where all jobs are eligible for the work visa application was built. Redevelopment of the loss of many jobs that are considered low in order to create room for higher level jobs that the country not currently make.

The removal of these jobs again had a negative effect on the number of foreign students in the country. It should be noted that most of the foreign students in the country actually started training. This is mainly because these programs allow them to immediately apply for a work visa after completion. But with the removal of these courses, the easy way disappeared, and therefore no other option is to just leave and go home.

But this is really not ready yet. If it appears that educators have feared that this new policy will greatly influence education. Since many colleges are heavily dependent on revenue from the registration of foreign students, they said that the expected decrease in the number of enrollees also will greatly influence their activities.

And apparently this point to prove, Austech Institute for Further Education, a Sydney-based hospitality college, to announce that it attaches itself in voluntary liquidation after the number of students enrolling fall. The college is currently focused on the approximately 750 students, many of them foreign. The closure of Austech is just one of the recent closures of high-profile colleges mainly due to the new immigration policy.

Julia Gillard Minister for Education, however, assured the foreign students who will still fall back on them if their school closed. She said that at least AU $ 5,000,000 allocated for the repayment of the fee of the students who were affected by the college closures. She also said that there are still opportunities for them in the country.