A simplified international student visa framework (SSVF) has been
announced jointly today by the Assistant Minister for Immigration and
Border Protection Senator Cash and the Minister for Education and Training
Senator Pyne. The new system will come into place after June 2016.
The SSVF will replace
both the Streamlined
Visa Processing (SVP) arrangements and the current Assessment Level Framework
and will apply to all international students.
It will lay out a student’s financial and English language
evidentiary requirements based on two things: the immigration profile of the
student’s country of citizenship and of their education provider.
The Department states that the improved approach to the administration of student visas
as part of the SSVF will have clear benefits. The Department has further stated that the overall integrity of the
student visa programme will be maintained, and the improved regulatory
arrangements will avoid placing unnecessary burden or cost on education
providers.
A working group with international education sector stakeholders
is being formed to guide implementation of the new framework on the expiry of
SVP arrangements on 30 June 2016.
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