“Exciting news!  It’s been reported that the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, which took effect on 29 Dec 2022, will take precedence over the new Migration Strategy changes that relate to the 485 Temporary Graduate visa.  That is, the reduced durations for the 485 visa that are set to kick in around mid-2024 will not affect potential 485 visa applicants who hold Indian passports.  
 
This means that eligible Indian passport holders who upon completion of their qualifications and meet the usual 485 visa eligibility criteria:
• Upon completion of diploma or trade qualifications, can stay up to 18 months
• Upon completion of bachelor’s degrees (including honours), can stay up to 2 years
• Upon completion of master’s by research and master’s by coursework degrees, can stay up to 3 years
• Upon completion of doctoral degrees, can stay up to 4 years

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traci_migration

2024-04-04 19:49:19

okay this is finally some good news for indian students who are studying in australia actually found out about this yesterday but i wanted to wait for the official news to be announced before i start spreading information again i'm sure you would've seen in my previous theaters that under the new migration strategy the stay time for the forty five visa will be reduced however indian students will be exempt from this this is because the trade agreement that was signed between india and australia in december two thousand and twenty two
oh i've gone ahead and summarized everything for you so you don't have to but if you own indian student and you are graduating and looking to apply for the four or five visa your for five days should be granted for a longer stay period as compared to the new arrangements here are some of the stay periods here