Table of Contents
- Australia Eases Visa Risk Ratings!
- Record Migration Intake Levels in April 2025!
- Decrease in PR Due To Student Visa Reforms!
- Pacific Engagement Visa Applicants Get Invitations!
- Migrant Surge as Graduates Bring in Families!
- Coalition Plans to Cut Student Numbers by 80,000 !
- Regional Australia the ‘New Frontier’ as Migration Soars
- Pacific Engagement Visa is Costly and Slow!
- Impact of Domestic Violence on Temporary Visa Holders
- Working Holiday Visa Numbers Have Soared!
- Foreign Students Fear Australia's Student Visa Cap!
- Australian Universities Unhappy with Visa Cuts!
- Long Processing Time for Parent Visas!
- Australia's Population Reaches 27 Million!
- Government Rationale for Student Visa Caps
- Student Caps in Australia Posted on Chinese Social Media
- 150,000 Elderly Parents Await Australian Residency
- Skilled Migration State Allocations for 2024/25
- Surge in Expats Returning Home to Australia
- Australian Student Visa Fees are Doubled
- Slight Drop in Migration Numbers in last Quarter of 2023
- Temporary Skills Migration Threshold Increased!
- New Innovation Visa for Exceptionally Talented
- 63 Per Cent of International Students Choose Australia
- New Visa Requirements Take Effect
- Highest Student Visa Refusal Rate since 2005!
- 188 Business Innovation and Investment Visa is Closed!
- Significant Migration Strategy Reforms Planned for 2024!
- Sydney is Number One Destination for Irish Accountants!
- Faster Pathway to Permanent Residence for 482 Visa Workers
- Australia Increases Permanent Migration Program
- Government to crack down on Education Providers Visa Scams
- Australia resumes Tourist visas for Chinese Groups
- Victoria's State Nomination Program has Re-opened
- Filipinos to Join Australian Work and Holiday Visa Program
- Subclass 408 - Pandemic Visa is being Closed
05 October 2025
Australia Eases Visa Risk Ratings!
According to reports, a note issued by the Department of Home Affairs through the Provider Registration and International Student Management System (PRISMS), which oversees international student data, confirms that evidence levels have been updated. “The September 2025 evidence level update for countries and education providers (based on student visa outcome data from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) has taken place, effective for applications lodged on or after 30 September 2025,” read a statement by the DHA on the PRISMS website. Consultants and universities in Australia are able to determine these levels through the government’s document checklist tool, which reveals a provider’s risk standing based on the requirements triggered when paired with a student’s country of origin. Reports suggest that level 1 (lowest risk) includes Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; level 2 (moderate risk) includes India, Bhutan, Vietnam, China, and Nepal; and level 3 (highest risk) includes Fiji, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Colombia. Although India and Vietnam, both prominent source markets for Australia, improved from level 3 to level 2 on the back of stronger grant rates, China slipped from level 1 to level 2, possibly due to a surge in asylum applications from Chinese nationals, particularly students, as some reports suggest. While education providers in Australia registered under CRICOS (Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students) are assigned an evidence level, each country is also given one based on its past performance with student visas, particularly visa refusals, asylum applications, and breaches of conditions. The combination of provider and country levels determines the documents required for an international student’s visa application. Stakeholders have highlighted the lack of transparency in assessing country risk levels, particularly as students from countries with reduced risk ratings may still arrive in Australia under precarious conditions.
06 September 2025
Record Migration Intake Levels in April 2025!
“New ABS data confirms that record migration intake levels were broken in April. The federal government has either lost control of Australia’s migration program or is cravenly using it for its own economic or political purposes, not for the benefit of the nation,” said Morgan Begg, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Overseas Arrivals and Departures data for April 2025, released today, shows net permanent and long-term arrivals in April of 2025 were 24,660 – the highest April net intake on record, beating the previous record of 22,770 in 2009 by 8 per cent. Also: Net permanent and long-term arrivals in the year-to-April of 2025 were 212,660 – the second highest on record, narrowly surpassed by the previous year’s number at 216,810. “Australia is a tolerant and welcoming society for new migrants. However, our migration intake must be planned for, it must enjoy the support of the community, and it must not overstretch critical social infrastructure like housing, schools, roads, and hospitals,” Mr Begg said.