Continental Migration Centre

26/05/2025

18/03/2025

Be careful if someone encourages you to apply for a Student visa as a way to stay and work in Australia if you’re on a Visitor visa.

New laws now restrict you from applying for a Student visa or Student Guardian visa while in Australia if you’re on a Visitor visa.

Visitor visas are for holidays, and to visit family and friends. They are not a pathway to a Student visa.

Learn more about these changes: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/news-media/archive/article?itemId=1211

18/06/2024

Important Update: Changes Impacting Visa Lodgment for Tourist and 485 Visa Holders

With the recent announcements by the Government, individuals holding visitor visas or 485 visas will no longer be eligible to lodge a student visa application effective from 1 July, 2024.

If any students is in this category who intend to apply for a student visa, it is crucial to act promptly.

Please submit the student enrolment application by asap.

We are offering an instant offer/CoE service for these students to expedite their application process subject to meeting the admissions criteria.

06/06/2024

NO RELIEF

Temporary Graduate Sc 485 visa changes 1 July 2024

The Department has updated their 'Changes to the Temporary Graduate visa program – proposed 1 July 2024' webpage to add a section titled 'Eligibility for the Temporary Graduate visa prior to the proposed 1 July 2024 changes'.

The new section states that applicants must have completed their qualification and lodged their Temporary Graduate visa application before 1 July 2024 to be assessed under the current sc 485 visa requirements and that any applications lodged on or after 1 July 2024 will be assessed under the new Sc 485 visa requirements.

The Department has clarified that applicants must meet the Australian study requirement and provide evidence from their education provider of the date of course completion, prior to visa decision. The ‘completion’ date means the date on which the academic requirements for the award of the degree, diploma or trade qualification were met and does not include the formal conferral of the degree, such as through graduation (Migration Regulations 1994, regulation 1.15F(2)).

The legislative instruments which bring the proposed changes into effect have not yet been released.

For further information on the 1 July changes to the Sc 485 visa, members can refer to the Department's website.

13/03/2024

Apply Now, Before its Too Late:

The extended post-study work rights for international graduates commenced 1 July 2023, providing graduates with degrees in select areas of verified skill shortage an additional two years on their Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485).

The extension has been reconsidered given Australia’s changed economic environment and additional considerations as identified in the Migration Strategy. As such, international higher education graduates will no longer be able to apply for the extension from mid-2024.

https://www.education.gov.au/end-extended-poststudy-work-rights-international-graduates

30/01/2024

The COVID-19 Pandemic event visa will close to all applications on 1 February 2024. For more information, see Closure of the Pandemic Event visa.

Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Emergency Management.​​​

04/01/2024

Office will be open for appointments from 8 January 2024.

15/11/2023

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