In 2024, the Australian government will promulgate a series of new policies for international students, but its fundamental purpose is to crack down on "fake" international students, and does not exclude students who actually come to study abroad.
Despite this, the current approval rate of student visa applications is still greatly reduced, especially for domestic transfer visas and guardian visas for parents of primary and secondary schools.
In order to curb the abuse of study visas, accompanying visas, and guardianship visas, the Australian Immigration Bureau has taken great pains to control it from the source of the school. Many applicants find that they may not even be able to pass the school invitation, and even if they are invited, there is a great risk of rejection.
At present, in the Australian student visa application, the mainstream undergraduate and master's program study abroad groups are still stable, and this continuous norm should continue to be maintained.
However, for students enrolled in bachelor's and master's programs, the threshold for application background has also been raised, and the English score requirements for applying for 500 student visas and 485 graduate work permits have been significantly improved.
In addition, some students hope that after graduation, the space for re-enacting on language or TAFE vocational colleges is also very small.
In fact, in addition to Australia, Canada has also started to tighten the mantra this year and comprehensively tighten the space for study and immigration. B.C. has cut a huge number of international student nomination programs (BCPNPs), causing great dissatisfaction among the local student community.
In this environment, New Zealand has relaxed its standards for studying abroad. According to the latest regulations of the New Zealand Immigration Service, starting from March 25, for Chinese students, Chinese qualifications can be exempted from assessment.
Combined with the latest New Zealand skilled migration 6-point system, as well as the green list policy, it is possible that New Zealand will have a place in the mainstream immigration options in the next few years.
For traditional immigration countries, many friends who choose to study in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will plan to immigrate at the same time, so feasibility, cycle, and cost are very important considerations.
In this issue, we choose to compare New Zealand, which has a similar culture and environment to Australia.
(1) Graduation Work Permit Policy:
Studying in New Zealand, whether it is a college, undergraduate, or master's program, there is a corresponding 1-3 year post-graduation work permit after graduation, although the conditions are different, but it is basically very easy to achieve. In contrast, Australia is more stringent, requiring 2 years of full-time school and mandatory English requirements.
(2) Feasibility of study and immigration:
Applicants for skilled immigrants in Australia need to pass vocational certification and also need to meet the EOI scoring requirements, which is definitely an advantage for high-scoring international students with strong comprehensive strength.
However, some positions require work experience to pass the assessment, and if you are a fresh graduate who has not thought about work experience, you will not be able to go through employer sponsorship and skilled immigration, which will be a difficult point.
New Zealand's current policy is relatively straightforward, and English-taught qualifications can be exempted from IELTS 6.5 points, but whether it is a 6-point skilled immigration or a green list immigration, a certified New Zealand employer is required.
(3) Visa feasibility:
At present, up to 90% of the Australian travel transfer visa and 590 guardian visa are denied, and the guardian has no right to work while in Australia.
The approval of these two types of visas in New Zealand is simpler, although the visa also has work restrictions, but you can apply to the immigration bureau to obtain a work permit without affecting the time period with the baby.
(4) Cost:
In this regard, New Zealand will be relatively economical, after all, the Australian dollar exchange rate and quotation are generally higher than New Zealand, but there are more school options and more employment opportunities.
To sum up, the new policy for studying in Australia is to regulate and shield many people from abusing student visas to achieve non-study-oriented intentions, and it is not aimed at friends who are studying.
However, if you need to make a Plan B alternative to studying in Australia, New Zealand is also a very worthy choice.
No matter in terms of the quality of studying abroad, the living environment, or the humanities, immigration, welfare, income and other factors, New Zealand is very attractive, after all, New Zealand and Australia are still very similar as countries with diplomatic relations.