Australian Immigration News 11th of May. Student Visas are to be Capped! Hope for the 485 age limit? 

Yes there is a need for flexibility in the system that is not there now

Absolutely

Age also bring rigidness not to assimilate into the country and bring baggage at times (extended family) who also migrate only because of a sole talent.

True.

Heard its easier to manipulate and exploit people ages 25 and under.

Absolute insanity to make such a policy

Basically anyone that can be underpaid and has little to no rights. While conveniently contributing significantly to the economy and the greater society.

Which group that we can join to sign a petition?

We should be taking as many of the brightest people we can find and for Phd graduates it should be all of them. Of course we also need the trades people just as much

What they mean is uneducated refugees

@@ailsaustraliathe majority of Australians want people like you to stay

I know I'm not the only one, but as far as RU-vid content makers go, yes it is frustrating to see so many scared to challenge the DOHA

I urge you to do the same thing by emailing your area MP and vice-chancellor. I did mine already. It won’t help much if we rely on one person like Suzzane to act on our behalf. The more people send the concern, the more effective it will be. Are you willing to advocate too?

Yes she did a great job expressing her feelings and concerns. There is still hope you so try and concentrate on your studies

Why is everyone complaining? The 485 allows up to 50 years old.

@@RUHappyATM This might be because you haven't read or watched any news since last December. The government abruptly change the limit from 50 to 35. They discount 15 years without thinking about students who are already here

Yes m from Adelaide

Anyway, have you sent an email to your local MP? Can't just rely on Suzzane to do everything. I've sent a bunch of emails to my local MPs too. The more people advocate, the higher the chance our effort is heard.

It is insanity and so sorry you have been affected also. Stil hope as the pressure mounts

It should be illegal here too. Thanks for your comment

Should not

Thanks for that clarification and yes Australia has a proud history of being fair to everyone which is a chame to see that tarnished now

Australia is supporting a genocide right know and before they sent soldiers to torture and murder civilians in Iraq and Afganistan. They only respect human rights inside australia but outside they are monsters, same as usa and uk.

They treat visas as product so... hardly surprising on that front.

Advice: Email your vice chancellor, email your local MP and senators. Do what Suzzane has done in this video. If you do nothing, it will not help

you can apply for skills in demand if your skill/job is in the skill occupation list

I wonder how these Ministers look themselves in the mirror in the morning. Let's hope they have some empathy for the pain they have caused

My sister developed migraine recently because she and her husband are one of the many people affected by this new 485 visa change. She can’t sleep worrying about what to do next as they are approaching the end of their student visa this year and she is getting depressed 😢

The immigration of any country shows no mercy, but there has to be room for sympathy. Everyone is unique in their own right, and for countries like Australia touting support of human rights, I can hardly give a pass to this kind of brutal policy change affecting lawful non-citizens.

@@Dakar-c3f more broken than the one Labor inherited.

​@@Dakar-c3f Technical recession, sure - immigration prevented that. But we're living in a recession per capita (meaning more people - especially the average person - is living a more financially difficult life today than 5 years ago). If you ask how Australia, as a country, makes money, it's literally mining (minerals, oil and LNG), agriculture and tertiary education (international students).

The construction industry is lobbying against these migration restrictions because they are desperate for workers to be able to build new housing to keep up with demand.

They are refusing to acknowledge that they are bankrupt. They have offended their economic partners ( China), and their resources were depleted during the two-year COVID-19 lockdown. They needed a way to get money, and the solution was students. They are acting scammy, and at this point, they are proving they have zero integrity.

Thanks for sharing and there is still time and hope

I urge you to do the same thing by emailing your area MP and vice-chancellor. I did mine already. It won’t help much if we rely on one person like Suzzane to act on our behalf. The more people send the concern, the more effective it will be. Are you willing to advocate too?

@@rl2388 yeah, true.. please do you know of any social media groups where visa issues are discussed majorly?

Yes everyone should start emailing their local federal MP's

@@ailsaustralia but if they aren't citizens, why would the MPs care? They barely care about their actual constituents!

I emailed both the senators and MP yesterday

How to find their email address

@@savinsunny1982 Google. For example if you are living in Melbourne, search: "Melbourne MP". There will be a link to the government website with the list of MP and Senators per region. And you can email a couple of them and see who reply

What do you think about the PhD students who are usually starting their PhD in their 30s? These PhDs are certainly serious about their academic life and have measured the pros and cons of their study only to have the door slammed to their face without having the chance to pursue a postdoc and building a research portfolio. These students got caught in the crossfire because some people misuse the student visa?

You get an education. That’s the point

@@divyanshd3969 but you don’t get the experience of working after all that education and that’s even worse what’s the point of hanging the certificate on the wall.

@@LadyLavender_ you can get that in your home country so not all cause is lost. Of course it’s not ideal but keep in mind Australian universities are some of the finest in the world. Unless you go tafe or some dodgy institution

No worries wish we could do more

Thanks Vikram for the continued support

Try emailing your local MP, senators, and vice chancellor like Suzzane did. I did it a couple of days ago and received at least one reply. Asking them via youtube comment won't do much. We can do little things and hope that it can make a difference.

Your welcome! Hoping we can do more

I urge you to do the same thing by emailing your area MP and vice-chancellor. I did mine already. It won’t help much if we rely on one person like Suzzane to act on our behalf. The more people send the concern, the more effective it will be. Are you willing to advocate too?

@@rl2388 I’ve emailed the vice chancellor and program coordinator. They urge to put concerns forward

I know such small numbers but so much damage, but dont forget everyone else too

Lets keep that hope alive

There is still time and hope

Much appreciated, thank you

Thanks so much!

You are our light in the other side of the tunnel in this darkest phase of our lives in Australia. I have completed the final seminar of my PhD and have lodged the thesis for external examination. I will most definitely not complete my PhD before July and being above 35 years, I am deeply concerned by the current immigration news of not issuing us TR to stay work here. In that case, I will have go back home. My two sons are studying here for the last 5 years and will struggle to continue study back home since they are out of touch with our language for these many years. Further, I have done very relevant research concerning the housing crisis and was hoping to contribute to addressing the ongoing crisis. And I have studied on the University scholarship which means it would be a total loss to Australia to send me back after spending so much on me and making me capable of doing something extremely helpful to the ongoing housing crisis. I am in complete stress because of the recent news and hopelessly hoping for some miracles to happen and give some sense to those involved in bringing out this kind of unrealistic and unfathomable policies. May good sense prevail!!!

We have the right to free speech in this country and everyone should exercise that right

Yes you are right, they need to think long and hard about what they are proposing to do here

Have you emailed the local MP, like Suzzane did?

disagree, International students, particularly mature ones with valuable skills and experience, play a significant role in our society. Blaming them for issues like the housing crisis is unjust. and It is unfair discrimination to exclude them from opportunities for post-graduate visas based on factors like age, which they cannot control. I certainly won't vote for Labour that just playing the "blame game" instead of addressing issues properly.

@@hoomantayefehjafari4707 agree to an extent but as said only exceptional international students such as PhD students play an important in Australian society. Going forward the selection of international students will need to be highly selective and we can’t have this open slather unlimited students policy studying Mickey Mouse courses in order to work cash in hand jobs or them working zombie industries. As a country Australia needs to prioritize Australian citizens and youth in the housing and jobs market. We can’t continue having these record rent increases going forward and demand for rentals from international students is placing immense pressure on the affordable rental market. Also international students in the USA have limited opportunity in accessing jobs market, we are extremely generous in Australia.

Agree. Imagine there are students who do not care about education and spend most of their student visa working and making minimum effort in studying. Then run out of time and apply for a 485 extension and do another study just for the sake of PR without genuinely studying. Then because of that the door is slammed shut and PhD students who spent most of their time doing research and publishing academic papers are caught in the crossfire..

Interesting that you say exceptional students such as PhDs should be able to stay, because with these proposed changes nearly 50% of post-grad research students will be impacted (Masters + PhD). Since PhDs are generally older than Masters, it's very likely that even more than 50% of PhD students will be impacted. So the government is selectively excluding their most skilled migrants with this change. Not to mention those who have received government scholarships, which can total more than $250,000 of taxpayer money. The public is investing in their education and then the government is removing all means of getting a return on that investment. Insane.

@@suzh665 have no problems with exceptional PhD staying as to undertake PhD is quite a task. A major problem is non genuine students that are purely interested to work who risk genuine students (e.g. PhD) studying or staying.

1 million EVERY YEAR CAN YOU IMAGING THAT

There are many studies revealed that there is no housing crisis due to International students.

Once the government boosted up the economy after covid by accepting tons of students, suddenly they realized that it is affecting the system. What a joke!!! Either the were not futuristic or it was planned!

Very true

It's funny that many rentals are used as Air B&B which is one of the main factors that contribute to rental crisis for profit gain but I don't hear y'all talking about this? And majority of the students get student accommodation provided by unis. Make it make sense.

I urge you to do the same thing by emailing your area MP and vice-chancellor. I did mine already. It won’t help much if we rely on one person like Suzzane to act on our behalf. The more people send the concern, the more effective it will be. Are you willing to advocate too?

Yes I'm hoping for all of you in the cross hairs they will bring in transitional arrangements

No its reputation is now useless thanks to this government

Your welcome

Wish we could do more, thanks for your support

Welcome!

Thanks Hasitha as always

We are hoping of course they will bring in a transition arrangement on this issue. Stay tuned

It is a terrible situation and lets see what can be done

I know its is such cruel thing to do to any student that needs to concentrate on the academic performance

I urge you to do the same thing by emailing your area MP and vice-chancellor. I did mine already. It won’t help much if we rely on one person like Suzzane to act on our behalf. The more people send the concern, the more effective it will be. Are you willing to advocate too? Have you sent any email to the uni vice chancellor?

For now there is still hope that there does exist some humanity in the labout government. Concentrate on your studies as much as you can

Are you affected by this,? Do something like Suzzane did. Write an email to your local PM, senators, and uni vice chancellor. The worst thing is that those who are affected do nothing to advocate for this..

@@rl2388 I have...contacted Uni Vice-chancellor, local MPs, signed petitions even wrote to Andrew Giles via the Immigration website. Day and night instead of focusing on my final semester I brain storm wondering who else to contact, who can vocal this so students like me or even worse than me are not tortured anymore. The only thing uni can do is issue a predictive completion letter which is not even accepted by Department of Home Affairs. My results can only be released officially by 17th July as this is the University policy they need to abide by. Everyday I call Immigration only for them to say it affects current students too or wait till 1st July - it doesn't matter to them if I am unemployed and have bills to pay.

Wow.. the immigration says it affects the current student or they are not sure about it yet?

@@rl2388 they themselves are not sure..most of them said keep checking the website but us students and families are going through daily torture and it is too late to wait till 1st of July spending more money without being able to apply for jobs just for our worst fears to be re-confirmed. Can't blame them as they are just doing their job!

@@sapnasam4961 I totally understand, I am in the same position. It is a torture. Everyday I wake up thinking what the heck I am I doing here just to be kicked out right after I graduate. If they told students before they came, I would pick another country to do my study.

Instead of protesting for geopolitical issues happening tens of thousands of miles away, these are the kind of issues that students really need to be protesting or atleast voicing their opinions for.

yes they do and do it soon on a campus by campus level

@@kartikeyasrivastava2666people who protest have roots and ethics that push them to protest against killing innocent people.

@@sarah9029 In no way was I suggesting that protesting for such a noble cause in an "unbiased" way is wrong. All I want to see is for students to stand up to this just the way they do it for geopolitical issues which doesn't concern them, neither do they fully understand. At least in this case, they might be able to cause a change for once.

We did but it seems they were not perpared to listen as applicants were offshore. We are sorry we could not do more

Yes there are times caps should not be used

My pleasure!

I urge you to do the same thing by emailing your area MP and vice-chancellor. I did mine already. It won’t help much if we rely on one person like Suzzane to act on our behalf. The more people send the concern, the more effective it will be. Are you willing to advocate too?

Do you think we can write complaints to human rights commission regarding this matter?

@@rl2388it’s not a human rights issue, its a policy implemented by the Australian government outlying the rules the and conditions to which them deem appropriate for the best interest of the country! There is no obligation from the Australian government to provide people over 35 with further stay conditions like the 485 visa once their studies are concluded. The person has agreed to come to Australia for the sole purpose of studying and in return will receive a degree/certificate of their completion. This automatic assumption that any further stay or automatic pathway to PR is going to be given just because an individual has spent money studying in the country does not equate to a human rights issue I completely agree that the government should have been more transparent with their imposition much earlier and I agree that they should allow people a transition period for those who began their studies prior to the implementation of this age restriction! Though what I completely agree with is removing individuals who are using the Australia education system as a guise with no intention of genuine studies, using the 485 visa as a alternate pathway to PR, as type of individual this does not benefit Australia or the Australian people

@@juliameyer6668 When I say human right: The right to information and participation. Individuals have the right to access information and participate in the decision-making process. If the government changes the visa rules without prior notification, it may violate these rights by depriving students of the opportunity to make informed choices about their education and future plans. So it pretty much relates to your second point about transparency. I agree about your point that lots of irresponsible students abusing student visas. I am doing my PhD for 3.5 years after deciding the pros and cons, and I am not joking around doing my education here. Only to be caught in the crossfire.

@@rl2388 my comments are indeed focused towards students already in AU and might be affected as result of this. My conclusion is they do have a right to complaint as their right to stay and work in AU has been violated as a direct result of new guidelines being implemented in absence of proper in-advance notification

No I do not!

Generalisation is a bitch. Same like you, I can say all the local students I studied were dumb as rocks and had no idea of critical thought.

How did they even get eligibility to go to Uni. Yet they can't communicate in English sufficiently. Flabbergast me.

There is no logic here to be found, it is pure vidictiveness against international students who have supported this country when we needed help the most.

Ask your wife to write to the local MP and vice chancellor like Suzzane did. She shared the template in the 485 group. The worst thing is that people who get affected by this age cap do nothing to advocate. I did my part already

It's inhumane and purposefully cruel by a department that places no value on being honourable. Let's see if they can be forced to change their minds

I don't know why Australian citizens and permanent resident put up with the carazy processing times on partner visas. There should never be a cap on numbers for those visas

Me too, I lodged 23rd of May last year and waiting frustratingly since. Hoping for your visa to be granted soon.

Thanks for your support!

Hope we can have some better news soon

I urge you to do the same thing by emailing your area MP and vice-chancellor. I did mine already. It won’t help much if we rely on one person like Suzzane to act on our behalf. The more people send the concern, the more effective it will be. Are you willing to advocate too?

It is crazy decision that is for sure, but still hope it can be turned around

Yes please can you please share

No those who have already applied before the 10th of May will not be affected

@@ailsaustralia thank you for your response Karl! Appreciate it .i did find the answer to my question in your video as well !!keep up the good work .

Hard to say but I cannot see it replacing the 407

I think you should consider other options I'm afraid

@@ailsaustralia Thanks for your response

they are holding all visas including 190. I guess they are running out of quotas

Don't wait for others to act first

Yes all of Australia should, thank you for your support

maybe?

If you applied before the 10th of May you will not be asked to meet the new figures. Good luck!

I guess not 😔

I am fairly certain the cap is OVER 35, so as long as you haven't turned 36 before you apply I believe you are fine.

Yeah, you will be fine

Nope You'll be fine

Look at the image show in karls video . He shows 35. Seems like cutoff is 35. People who know migration law also say 35

Yes sometimes when they are checking something. Hang in there

@@ailsaustralia anything i can do to expedite?? Its been so frustrating.. 1 month and 14 days now

@@ailsaustralia my wife is in australia doing her nursing exam( OSCE) and im stuck here in canada waiting on ETA? Can you help??

They taken course fees😅

@@dr.rakeshkumarphanden5610 on time

They have done a very important thing, increased their courses fee. 😂