Key Points
The Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme (MATES) offers up to 3,000 spots for Indian professionals in fields like engineering, ICT, AI, and renewable energy..
MATES provides a new mobility pathway for Indian graduates and early career professionals to live and work in Australia for up to two years..
Indian students pursuing course in Australian tertiary institutions can now apply to work in Australia without visa sponsorship for up to eight years from today..
Indian professionals from seven fields including engineering, information and communication technology, artificial intelligence, financial technology, renewable energy and mining are eligible for this visa...
In September last year, Australia raised its intake of permanent migrants to 195,000 this financial year, up by 35,000, to help businesses battling widespread staff shortages and pledged more staff and funds to speed up visa processing...
You might be interested in
These are the big changes for Indian students seeking Australia visa from July 1
29, Jun, 23Australia Student Visa: Visa process for high-skilled professionals will be made quicker and easier. | World News
Australia's new migration rules won't hurt post-study visas for Indians negotiated under trade pact
12, Dec, 23India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement signed last year provides opportunities to Indian students to live, study & work in Australia temporarily after finishing studies.
Australia plans to halve migrant intake, impose tougher tests on overseas students
11, Dec, 23Australia has more than 650,000 overseas students and an increasing number of them are prolonging their stay by applying to do a second course. Australia on Monda
US opens student visa appointments for mid-July to mid-August
20, Jun, 23The US diplomatic mission in India recently held its annual student visa day countrywide with consular officers from New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai interviewing almost 3,500 Indian student visa applicants on that day, according to a press release.
Australia moves to check visa hopping by international students
13, Jun, 24Starting July 1, Australia will tighten student visa rules to ensure only genuine students receive visas. To stop visa hopping, temporary visa holders, such as those on Graduate or Visitor visas, will no longer be able to apply for a student visa while in Australia.
US mission gears up for record Indian student visa applications
07, Jun, 23This year, more than 200,000 Indian students are studying at American academic institutions, representing more than 20% of international students currently in the US | Latest News India
Genuine students needn’t worry about Australia's migration strategy, experts say
14, Dec, 23Australia’s new Migration Strategy has created quite a stir but experts believe that it will not adversely impact the chances of ‘genuine’ applicants
Australia Student Visa: ‘No Further Stay’ clause, other new rules to be imposed from March 23. Details here
23, Mar, 24Australia tightens student visa rules to reduce migrant inflow. Migration from India, China, and the Philippines is at a record high. New norms aim to ensure students study, not just work. The changes are expected to halve migrant intake in two years.
Indian students abroad: higher education trends from Australia
16, Apr, 23While postgraduate masters make up 74% of all India students in Australia, a growing number of Indian families are increasingly interested in sending their children to Australia for their bachelor degree.
UK cautioned against ‘unfair’ visa crackdown on Indian professionals, students
05, Dec, 23While the Health and Care visa will be exempt from this hiked salary requirement, it remains unclear how the category would operate for Indian medics in future.