—– Action taken after finding illegal Indian immigrnats were being brought under students’ disguise
DM Monitoring
SYDNEY: Amidst rising concerns regarding student visa fraud, several Australian Universities have de-cided to reduce the number of applications form Indian Students. While some have decided to reduce the number of application, some have decided to ban any applications from India.
In April, several Australian Universities such as Victoria University, Edith Cowan University, Torrens University, and Southern Cross University proceeded to implement measures to address fraudulent applications from Indian Students.
This month, two more universities – Federation University in Victo-riaand Western Sydney University in New South Wales – have joined this list.
In light of the recent incidents of visa fraud, Australian universities have banned Indian Students from 6 States. These states are – Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Applications from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have also been brought under the scanner.
As per local newspaper – The Sydney Morning Herald, education agents of the universities have been asked to NOT recruit students particularly from these states.
These instructions were issued after by universities after several applications of Indian Students from these states were rejected by the Department of Home Affairs.
As per the report by Sydney Morning Herald, there seems to be an emerging trends of increased scrutiny on the applications from Indian students.
Renowned universities as well as their affiliated agents have been asked to keep applications from Indian under a noticeable scanner. However, University of Wollongong has denied any ban on Indian Students. In a recent statement, the university has shared that it has not placed any restriction on Indian applications and that any applica-tions from Indians will go through the standard procedure in place for international students.
