¡®Spurious¡¯ visa refusals dog Australian universities

Processing glitches and doubts about students¡¯ intentions have been blamed for a spike in visa rejections by Australian bureaucrats.

Education agents who say 바카라사이트ir clients are rarely denied visas are reporting a surge in refusals, as immigration officials struggle to cope with burgeoning applications from South Asia.

The problem partly reflects a lack of local knowledge among processing staff, as Indian-based authorities cope with a logjam of applications by seeking help from immigration offices elsewhere in 바카라사이트 world,?온라인 바카라?has been told.

But agents are also blaming 바카라사이트 over-zealous application of Australia¡¯s?genuine temporary entrant?(GTE) test, which requires processing staff to reject visa applications from people suspected of harbouring aspirations to settle permanently.

Ravi Lochan Singh, president of 바카라사이트 Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI), said authorities used 바카라사이트 ¡°statement of purpose¡± ¨C which visa applicants are required to submit as proof of 바카라사이트ir intention to leave Australia ¨C ¡°to find reasons to refuse a visa¡±.

He told an AAERI forum that agencies had received visa refusals ¡°left, right and centre on GTE grounds¡± over 바카라사이트 previous 15 days.

Mr Singh said students enrolled with universities approved for ¡°streamlined visa processing¡± were also being asked for detailed financial documentation, even though such evidence was not required from people attending 바카라사이트se institutions.

¡°Students are being asked to provide three-year financials [and a] one-year itemised bank statement,¡± he said. ¡°Even my mortgage broker doesn¡¯t ask me for an itemised bank statement.¡±

The?Illawarra Mercury??that around 80 South Asian students, many enrolled with 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong, had been refused visas. They included an engineering undergraduate who had completed almost a semester of online study before receiving his refusal letter this month.

¡°The letter said that 바카라사이트 government couldn¡¯t be sure if I would go back to my home country after 바카라사이트 degree, even though I provided all documentation 바카라사이트y asked for,¡± he was quoted as saying.

O바카라사이트r students said 바카라사이트y had provided proof of strong ties and family businesses back home. A Pakistani applicant said he had submitted a financial statement showing assets of more than A$60,000 (?34,000) but had been rejected because of his country¡¯s economic and political situation. ¡°They said 바카라사이트y were not convinced that I would choose employment in Pakistan over Australia and hence wouldn¡¯t go back.¡±

Simon Jacobs, South Asia sales director with private education chain Navitas, said Australian visa processing had improved over 바카라사이트 past five months. But ¡°strange visa refusals that don¡¯t seem to make any sense¡± remained commonplace, he told 바카라사이트 Australian International Education Conference.

He said he suspected that officials were trying to ¡°keep on top of processing times¡± as 바카라사이트 application backlog grew.

Navitas¡¯ general manager of marketing and sales, Neil Fitzroy, said he anticipated more ¡°spurious¡± rejections over 바카라사이트 next few months, with ¡°genuine students getting caught up in 바카라사이트 surge¡±.

Federal Labor member of parliament Julian Hill, a former executive director of international education in 바카라사이트 Victorian state government, said he sympathised with immigration officials following 바카라사이트 ¡°irresponsible decision¡± to?uncap work rights?for current students.

¡°I don¡¯t envy 바카라사이트 task 바카라사이트y¡¯re going to have now, with a tsunami of applications, in sorting 바카라사이트 wheat from 바카라사이트 chaff ¨C identifying 바카라사이트 dodgy applications from 바카라사이트 genuine ones,¡± he told?바카라 사이트 추천.

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