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Starting 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.. India is the second-largest source country for international students to Australia..
The Australian government is cracking down on visa hopping by international students and will tighten student visa application rules starting July 1..
This will affect thousands of Indian students in Australia.. Australia aims to end visa hopping, where international students stay in Australia on temporary visas indefinitely...
These changes, part of the government's new Migration Strategy which was released on 11 December 2023, aim to close loopholes and end "visa hopping", where former international students stay in Australia on temporary visas indefinitely...
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