AUSTRALIA GRANTED 22867 TEMPORARY GRADUATE VISAS(SUBCLASS 485) TO FOREIGN STUDENTS AFTER COMPLETION OF STUDY DURING FISCAL YEAR JULY 2013- TO JUNE 2014 AND TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH MAXIMUM 7006 TO STUDENTS FROM CHINA FOLLOWED BY 3772 INDIA 2273 NEPAL 1075 PAKISTAN 1002 MALAYSIA 793 VIETNAM 717 PHILIPPINES 656 SOUTH KOREA 588 SRI LANKA Temporary Graduate visa The Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) allows eligible international students to live and work temporarily in Australia after they have finished their studies. The visa has two streams: • The graduate work stream is for eligible international students who graduate with skills and qualifications that relate to an occupation on the skilled occupations list (SOL). • The post-study work stream was introduced on 23 March 2013 for certain international students who graduate with a higher education degree from an Australian education provider, regardless of their field of study. This stream is only available to students who applied for and were granted their first student visa to Australia on or after 5 November 2011. In 2013–14 there were 22,867 Temporary Graduate visas granted, 35.1 per cent less than the previous year. Of these, 15,661 were granted in the graduate work stream and 1140 in the post-study work stream.6 Table 18 shows total Temporary Graduate visas (subclass 485) granted over the last three programme years (2011–12 to 2013–14). Table 18: Total Temporary Graduate visas (subclass 485) granted in 2011–12 to 2013–14 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 40,062 35,223 22,867 China, India and Nepal were the top three source countries for Temporary Graduate visas in 2013–14, accounting for 57.5 per cent of visa grants. Table 19 shows the top 10 countries for Temporary Graduate visa grants from 2011–12 to 2013–14. On 30 June 2014 there were 25,198 Temporary Graduate visa holders in Australia compared with 36,224 on 30 June 2013. Table 19: Top 10 source countries for Temporary Graduate visa grants, 2011–12 to 2013–14 Citizenship country 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 Percentage change from 2012–13 to 2013–14 -8.8%China, People’s Republic of 5,919 7,682 7,006 India 17,092 10,445 3,772 -63.9% Nepal 2,976 2,602 2,373 -8.8% Pakistan 952 1,123 1,075 -4.3% Malaysia 1,206 1,466 1,002 -31.7% Vietnam 585 979 793 -19.0% Philippines 506 601 717 19.3% Korea, Republic of 1,119 966 656 -32.1% Indonesia 979 1,096 638 -41.8% Sri Lanka 1,374 1,296 588 -54.6% Total Temporary Graduate visa grants for the top 10 countries 32,708 28,256 18,620 -34.1% Total global Temporary Graduate visa grants 40,062 35,223 22,867 -35.1% 6 An additional 6066 Tempory Graduate visa (subclass 485) were granted in 2013–14 to applicants who had applied under previous arrangements. 65 Strategic review of the student visa programme At 30 June 2014, 39 of the 41 recommendations from the Strategic Review of the Student Visa Programme (2011), conducted by Mr Michael Knight AO, were addressed or implemented. The remaining two are ongoing projects. The review of the student visa assessment level (AL) framework (recommendation 32 of the Knight Review) was released on 29 October 2013 and made eight recommendations to simplify the student visa programme. These recommendations related to the methodology and process used to assign ALs to countries and manage risk in the student visa programme, as well as extending streamlined visa processing to low-immigration-risk non-university higher education providers, removing AL4 and AL5 and reducing the financial requirements for AL3 applicants. All the review’s recommendations were implemented on or before 22 March 2014. Ongoing liaison with education providers The department actively monitors the streamlined visa processing arrangements and works closely with education providers to ensure that any immigration risk issues that arise are actively addressed. After two years of streamlined visa processing, the arrangements are generally working well. Online lodgements for student visas During 2013–14, 48.9 per cent of offshore student visa applications were lodged online compared to 72.8 per cent of onshore applications in the same period. Currently, only applicants applying for a subsequent student visa in Australia, low-risk applicants or residents of India, Indonesia, Thailand and China who apply through an authorised agent are eligible to lodge their student visa application online.
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