ICEF Monitor – Student visa fraud in Australia up sharply since 2012
28 Jan 2015
Australia has seen a dramatic increase in the number of international student visas cancelled or under review over the last three years. The Australian is reporting a surge in the number of “non-genuine” students in the country, and has obtained figures indicating that the number of cancelled student visas increased from 1,978 in 2012 to 4,930 in 2013 and 7,061 in 2014.
While this represents a very small percentage of the more than 404,000 student visas issued in Australia in 2014, the increase in apparent cases of non-genuine applicants has drawn increasing attention over the past several months.
Observers have described a pattern whereby suspect students and agents have sought to exploit loopholes in the Australian system for streamlined visa processing, a model under which students accepted to eligible programmes and institutions “are generally subject to reduced evidentiary requirements regardless of the applicant’s country of origin.”
“Read the full article on ICEF Monitor” – Source: http://monitor.icef.com/2015/01/student-visa-fraud-australia-sharply-since-2012/