Migration Intelligence

27/08/2026

❗❗Major immigration announcements are expected in September. As per The Australian, the Government is planning to ❗❗:

🪀Restricting onshore student visa lodgement
🪀Limiting family members of international students applying for visas
🪀Blocking movement from higher education to vocational courses
🪀Preventing international students changing university
🪀Visitor visa validity will be reduced to 6 months, including ETA
🪀Limiting onshore pathways for various visas.

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23/08/2026

One Nation plans to cut international students and dependants, a reduce temporary graduate visas and their dependants, and introduce a much more targeted skilled migration program.

22/08/2026

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21/08/2026

Offshore Family Visas face long wait times.

The federal government's decision to prioritise onshore visa applications sparks criticism from some families, who are calling for offshore applicants to be treated fairly.

21/08/2026

conducts its first invitation round.

Lowest point score required to gain nomination (at assessment):

Subclass 190 - 580 points
Subclass 491 - 97 points

20/08/2026

The student visa system as it stands is open to abuse. It is being used as a backdoor way for whole families to relocate to Australia. The focus for these people has often been low-skilled work, not study. The “study” has often been a tick box to get them into the country. Some in the education sector have been more than happy to play along with this.

If genuine students want to come to Australia by themselves for a finite period of time to engage in serious study, then there can be some value in this. But very often this has not been what we have been seeing.

Once someone on a student visa has completed their study, they should only be allowed to stay if they have the skills we need and are able to secure a skilled visa. This should be at the discretion of the Department of Home Affairs, which should have strict standards.

20/08/2026

The burst in New Zealanders coming to Australia has been one of the biggest blowouts in the net overseas migration rate since the pandemic.

20/08/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/business-leaders-care-about-skills-not-numbers-migration-debate/107052186?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

There are divergent views among business leaders, from migrant and non-migrant backgrounds, about the impact of planned immigration cuts and the types of migrants that should be allowed into Australia.

14/08/2026

Pressure builds on Labor to stop international students from bringing family

Graduate (485) visas have been the second-fastest-growing category of temporary visas since Labor came to office in mid-2022. According to the Department of Home Affairs, the number of graduate visas on issue ballooned by 172,000 between Q2 2022 and Q2 2026, an increase of 175%. Pauline Hanson has d...

13/08/2026

Visa bungle by Home Affairs