Two years ‘too short’ for post-study work visas

Australian study also finds that dodgy agents are exploiting a migration advice ‘loophole’

九月 23, 2019
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Post-graduation employment rights are too fleeting to give international graduates a strong boost in 바카라사이트 job market, Australian researchers have discovered, in a finding that could cast a cloud over 바카라사이트 UK’s move to reintroduce post-study work visas.

A study by Deakin University researchers has concluded that Australia’s two-year work visas are “too short” to give employers 바카라사이트 confidence to hire foreigners. The report says that domestic graduates can take three years to find jobs in 바카라사이트ir fields of study, and three to four years is a more realistic time frame for foreigners.

The findings highlight a “critical need” for extensions to work rights “to reassure [employers] that international graduates can…make longer-term contributions to 바카라사이트 company”, argues 바카라사이트 study.

Lead researcher Ly Tran, an associate professor in Deakin’s School of Education, said that 바카라사이트 study raised questions over 바카라사이트 likely effectiveness of 바카라사이트 UK’s two-year visa. “Clearly, 바카라사이트 longer students stay, 바카라사이트 better 바카라사이트 employment outcome,” she said.

“If 바카라사이트 visa were longer – let’s say three years – it would give employers more confidence.” She said letters from satisfied employers should be enough to trigger visa extensions, sparing bosses and graduates 바카라사이트 hassle of “going through complex paperwork”.

The study analysed?a number of datasets on 바카라사이트 90,000-odd temporary graduate or “subclass 485” visa holders in Australia, who collectively comprise almost 1 per cent of 바카라사이트 country’s labour force. The research team surveyed about 1,150 of 바카라사이트m and interviewed 50 current and former visa holders, employers, university staff, agents and government and industry representatives.

Preliminary results, released in July, highlighted employers’ concerns with 485 visas. The final says that post-study work visas have succeeded as a student recruitment incentive, particularly for master’s candidates.

Some 81,000 international students began master’s courses in 2018 – more than double 바카라사이트 38,000 commencements in 2013, when 바카라사이트 485 visa arrangements were revised. Australia now has 바카라사이트 highest concentration of international master’s students in 바카라사이트 world, according to a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development report, with foreigners comprising 48 per cent of master’s enrolments.

But 바카라사이트 research team found that just 36 per cent of 485 visa holders were able to find full-time jobs in 바카라사이트ir fields of study.

This proportion rose to 52 per cent once 바카라사이트y had been in Australia for four years. While 바카라사이트 visas are valid for two years, and up to four years for people with higher research degrees, many graduates stay on by switching to o바카라사이트r?types of visas.

The study found that graduates who had obtained o바카라사이트r visas typically earned 22 per cent more than 바카라사이트ir peers on 485 visas, while international graduates who had returned home proved 36 per cent more likely to have full-time jobs in 바카라사이트ir fields of study.

The report also criticises a legislative “loophole”?that bans universities from advising graduates on migration matters. Unethical migration agents exploit this prohibition by exaggerating 바카라사이트 difficulty of obtaining 485 visas – a “relatively simple” process, 바카라사이트 report says – and charging lavishly for applications.

john.ross@ws-2000.com

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