Stranded students see a new hope in Australia

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has announced an updated list of skilled occupation for General Skilled Migration and Employer Nomination Scheme in which they have included the occupations which were removed some time back. The popular occupations among Indian Students' Community in Australia were Commercial Cookery, Hair Dressing, Patisserie, and Community Welfare.

In March, DIAC removed all these occupations from the list which spread hue and cry among the students and they became stranded. This move of the Australian Government brought a lot of criticism among the students' community and the numbers for going to Australia for further and higher studies trickled down dramatically. No body expected for this surprising move from DIAC for inclusion of these occupations and students literally left all the hopes for reinstatement of these.

I believe that Australian Education Export Industry may revive from this positive legislation and the export income from this has hit close to 4 billion dollars in a very first quarter. The Australian Education Export Industry contribute nearly 15 billion per annum dollars over the years and it was totally set to plummet if the corrective measures were not taken by government.

This is a good news for students who are onshore and may not significantly help to attract new students from our country at the moment since DIAC put India on Assessment Level 4 from AL 3 stating that high risk involved in documents submitted for Visa Approval and a very low returning ratio from Indian Students.

The industry registered a very rough time in this decade and the enquirers for studying in Australia almost dried up. We may notice an upward chart in coming days. Lets hope for the best for both the countries.