By our correspondent
Melbourne: The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has pre-empted the expected fall in student enrolments from India by tightening rules for enrolments. The recent attacks on Indian students have some experts believing that enrolments from India will fall next semester (after July) with parents citing security concerns.
Rules have been tightened by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship for incoming Indian students. They are now in the level-four-risk (high risk category) along with Bangladeshis and Cambodians for breaching visa conditions. This means that Indian students must now prove they have enough money to survive for the duration of their study and pass more stringent English language tests.
Immigration risk levels for Indian students were upgraded after a DIAC audit found that in 2006-07, 4.66 per cent of the 58,268 Indian nationals granted visas breached their conditions, compared with an average rate among foreign students of 1.32per cent, reports The Australian.
The newspaper says: “In 2007-08 the unlawful rate among Indian students was 1.48per cent of a total 87,145 Indian visa-holders, compared with 0.99 per cent for the average foreign student. The Immigration.”
The Immigration Department has, meanwhile, said the visa restrictions will not affect genuine students.
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Exactly John. My parents are from India, but even I am sick of these indian international students flooding this country. It just does not work. If you let in 50,000 indian students every year they have no need to assimilate and all it results in are problems. I grew up here and was the only non-white kid in the whole school. I never had any racism trouble etc. The govt needs to stop fooling these students and allowing so many to come in. We need quality not quantity
Hey AJAY,
U can never be an australian if you are a citizen here. I think you are very proud to be with convicts rather than letting brilliant people in. We have got 5th generation stealth fighters and i if you dont want indian students to come in plz ask the australian education services not to come to india to market their cources. If they do so we need to attack them racially…………..
To the complaining whinging Indians in Australia lately: nice result guys! See what your arrogance has accomplished! WHEN will you learn? Pull ya heads in, make some small attempt at assimilation and things will suddenly start to fall in to line.
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