AUSTRALIA: NSW CONSIDERING SEPARATE HOTEL QUARANTINE PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Highlights:

• The government of the New South Wales state of Australia is considering an alternative hotel quarantine program to the international students
• The treasury department of the state has started calling for the expressions of interest for runn...

AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION SECTOR STRUGGLES TO BRING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS BACK

Highlights:

• The education sector of Australia has been struggling for bringing back the international students
• A plan has been proposed by the treasurer of the New South Wales State for bringing the international students back in the country

S. KOREAN GOVT. ORDERS ADDTITONAL COVID-19 TESTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ARRIVALS

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• S. Korean govt. orders additional COVID-19 tests for international student arrivals.
• The new orders will be effective for the first half of the year.
• The international students would require submitting negative COVID-19 t...

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FINDING DIFFICULTIES IN SECURING JOB IN JAPAN

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• International students finding difficulties in securing job in Japan
• Around 68.5 percent of 343 international students responded to an independent survey in July.
• Japan had launched a new visa scheme in April last year to...

NEW RULES FOR NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

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• ICE has re-worked its earlier rules for international students' change if in
• Shift if classes to online classes will not affect students and they may continue living in the US

Recently a nation-wide protest made the current US governm...

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT RENEW VISA SETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Australia starts moving to bring back its international students by granting visas and permit online studies and training while the students are abroad.

Tudge announced the new changes will bring in a new flow of students and thus re...

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ALLOWS ENTRY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Australia will allow international students to enter the states despite the border closure
• Legal experts are doubtful about the legalities of the border closure

Previously, the Australian government had issued a norm that ...

AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES TO FLY PLANES TO WELCOME INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Australian Universities to bring their students back from overseas
• Australian National University and Canberra have taken permission from the territorial government 
• Around 350 students will be flying back 

Two of the ...

Transaction fees too costly for International Students in Australia

The increasing costs of transactional fees are not fulfilled for international students in Australia.

CohortGo's latest Aussie Studies Annual Experience Survey 2019, which surveyed nearly 700 international students in Australia, found that 49 percent of respondents proposed new paym...