Recently, there are a lot of friends who have consulted about the Australian 500 student visa, some of which are still planned in China, some have been involved in the renewal of visas in Australia, and some are planning to enter and transfer visas through tourist visas.
First of all, according to the latest Australian visa revision in 2024, the application and processing requirements for 500 student visas will become more and more standardized.
In general, there is a core point of view, applicants have a real purpose of studying in Australia, and there will be less and less room for non-academic study visa applications, that is, through mixed visas or clever use of study visas.
Many friends are not very clear about this scope, and this Australian immigration lawyer will divide the scope of these situations.
In response to the visa guidelines of the Australian Immigration Bureau, many schools also actively cooperate with the policies of the Immigration Bureau and will cooperate with the enrollment review and screening.
In the example shown in Figure 1 below, the Australian school has made it clear that it will not issue COE to 408, 485 and 600 visa holders in Australia.
This also means that friends who plan to rely on the 408 epidemic visa transition will have very little space to convert their study visas in the future, and they can only rely on their ability to apply for a 482 work permit or directly apply for an immigrant visa with the sponsorship of their employers.
Let's talk about the 485 graduate work permit, usually after Australian students complete 2 years of full-time study, the immigration bureau will issue a 485 visa valid for as little as 2 years and more than 4 years for graduates to start a business, work and immigrate.
However, if the 485 visa holder expires soon and does not stabilize and plans to use the student visa to extend his life in China, this operation will also be strictly controlled.
Finally, let's talk about the 600 travel visa to study visa, this type should be the key type to be cracked down this year, and because there are too many people abusing the 600 travel visa, the rejection rate of 600 visas and 500 visas in Australia has soared.
The Immigration Bureau has found that many people who want to work in Australia will use the appeal method to effectively extend their life in Australia even if the transfer of tourist visa to study visa fails.
In this case, it is the most powerful and effective to directly cut off from the source and add the 8503 No further stay clause to the tourist visa.
Figure 2 is for applications from outside Australia, if there is a previous refusal history in Australia or New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada (the Five Eyes Alliance), the 500 study visa application will not be processed.
The Australian study abroad policy has been tightened repeatedly this year, this attitude is very certain, and it is very important to find a formal application channel and sort out the formal application logic and study abroad immigration plan.
Immigration lawyers often find that there are many applicants who like to believe in some very unlikely introductions, and in the end, it is really helpless to lose the bamboo basket.
It is worth mentioning that the study permit after the new policy does not increase or decrease the difficulty in essence, but only regulates many applications that are not for the purpose of studying abroad.
After all, the post-graduation work permit also restricts the age of 35 years old, which does not conflict with the Australian skilled immigration itself, and even optimizes the skilled application in Australia.