The government will crack down on rorting education agents and colleges by closing pathways for people to use student visas as aHowever, high-quality graduates should be automatically provided with a visa that would allow them to live and work in Australia for a period and more easily become permanent migrants.Alex Ellinghausen
“More than half of the people who receive permanent skills visas under our current system arrived in Australia on a student visa.”Ms O’Neil says a key aim of the migration reforms will be to ensure that the students who come here are genuine and that they have the skills and abilities to move into permanent residency if they choose.
One third of international graduates work in jobs at a skill level commensurate with their degree. More than 50 per cent of international graduates work in jobs that are in the lowest two skill levels, such as labourers, baristas and sales assistants. The review says international students should be selected for the permanent skills program “based on their demonstrated potential to succeed in our labour market”. But Ms O’Neil declined to provide more detail as to how that would work.