Australia to prioritize 2024 Student visas under Ministerial Direction 107

Highlights: Australia’s Ministerial Direction 107 for student and student guardian visas!

• The Government of Australia signed a New Ministerial Direction on December 14, 2023.
• The Ministerial Direction 107 prioritizes student and student guardian visa applications.
• Student and Student Guardian visa processing will be streamlined as per the new Direction.
• The highest priority will be given to applications filed outside of Australia.

 

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Australia’s New Ministerial Direction 107

Ministerial Direction No. 107 authorizes the Government’s processing priorities for student and student guardian visa programs. The programs work on strengthening the education sector on an international level.

Every education provider that is CRICOS-registered will have an education level allocated to them. Ministerial Direction 107 collaborates with the evidence-level framework to prioritize international student applications. 

 

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Important Factors of the Ministerial Direction 107

The new Ministerial Direction 107 gives a high priority to student visa applications that are lodged outside Australia.

 

1. Applications filed outside Australia are prioritized when it is filed by:

• It is filed by student sectors
• Foreign Affairs or Defence sector
• Postgraduate Research Sector

 

2. Applicants belonging to the non-award sector with an Evidence Level 1 at an education provider, along with:

• English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS)
• Higher Education
• Vocational Education and Training (VET)

 

3. Visa applications of Student Guardian
4. Entrant applications that include unmarried family members under 18 years of age that are filed outside Canada.

 

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Key Takeaways of the Ministerial Direction 107

Some of the key takeaways of the Ministerial Direction 107 are as follows:

 

• Secondary applicants included in the primary visa application will receive the same priority as the primary applicant.
• Secondary applicants can include a dependent child, spouse or registered partner.
• Visa applicants who wish to take more than two courses in Australia will receive the priority order as the initial course.
• Student visa applications filed on or before December 15, 2023, will have the new prioritized processing.
• The student visa applications filed within Australia will have the existing processing times.

 

 

 

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