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COVID-19 – Measures to assist international students and graduates
Dear Community Leaders,
Thank you for the ongoing support to your communities. Please find below a key update for international students and graduates.
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Measures to assist international students and graduates
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated global travel restrictions have presented major challenges to the international education sector. Attracting international students and graduates back to Australia and facilitating their entry when travel restrictions allow, will be critical to the sector’s recovery.
The Government is committed to ensuring Australia remains a competitive, high quality and welcoming destination for international students and has announced a package of student visa measures. These measures will support the international education sector through the current impact of COVID-19 and help them to recover after its immediate effects have passed.
The new student visa measures are: · recommencing visa grants for student visa applications lodged outside Australia where all requirements are met; · a fee waiver for students to apply for another student visa if they cannot complete their course within their original visa validity due to COVID-19; · allowing time spent studying online to count towards qualifying for a post-study work visa for students affected by COVID-19; · making available an option to apply for and be granted a post-study work visa outside Australia for students affected by COVID-19; and · allowing additional time for applicants to provide results for English language testing, biometrics collection and health checks, where COVID-19 has disrupted access to services.
Further information about these measures is attached .
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Contact us
Thank you again for all your support during this time, and for keeping your communities informed.
WA remains in Phase 4 and we have shifted our focus onto the issues and initiatives that your communities are involved in. Our team is meeting with community stakeholders in person (while observing social distancing obligations).
We continue to welcome the opportunity to re-engage with you all and have more in-depth discussions about issues of interest or concern to your communities and possible areas of collaboration.
Please also feel free to share the information within this email with your communities, but in the interests of ensuring the information remains accurate, please do not make any alterations to this email.
Don’t forget to protect yourself and your community by downloading the COVIDSafe app, and as always stay up to date with the latest government information about COVID-19 by visiting www.australia.gov.au , downloading the Coronavirus app for iPhoneand Android or by messaging the Australian Government on WhatsApp .
Kind regards,
WA Community Engagement Team
WA Community Engagement | Citizenship & Multicultural Programs Division Citizenship & Social Cohesion Group Department of Home Affairs P: 08 9415 9210 E: wa.community.engagement@homeaffairs.gov.au
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