Temporary Graduate Visa updates for international students for a longer stay in regional Asutralia.
The Australian Government intends to assist international students for their long stay in the country. In difficult times, there comes good news finally.
The Australian Government has made an essential decision for international students. The Australian Government has issued post-study work visas to worldwide students who are studying and living in regional areas. From 2021, Temporary Graduate Visa (TGV) (mainly known as Post Study Workstream) holders (subclass 485) who have graduated from a regional educational institution and have lived in Regional Australia on their first TVG will be eligible for an extension of the visa.
Temporary graduate visa holders studying and residing in regional Australia will be eligible for a 2nd TGV.
Temporary graduate visa concessions will apply in 2021. Eligible individuals for the 2nd TGV will be required to reside in a regional area for the duration of their new visa.
Good information for international students and graduates
This is great news for international students who have graduated and lived in regional areas. According to some immigration experts, with skilled migration being highly capable at the moment, an additional year or two will give them plenty of time and opportunity to earn more factors for future invitations. It will also help attract regional Australia as a study destination, especially at a time when many other countries are looking to Canada and the United Kingdom as Australian borders are continuously closed.
There is no change in student visas. This option is available for global students to study and stay in regional Australia.
Missing information
There are a lot of matters that need to be clarified. It is not yet clear whether international students who have graduated from category 1 universities and have since moved to regional areas in category two or three to pursue further education. Whether or not they will be eligible for expansion under the incentives.
According to a survey conducted through Deccan University last year, post-study visas, which enable international graduates to temporarily reside and work in the country, have emerged as a key factor in expatriation. This attracts immensely expatriate students to Australia. While the overall significance of access to the program was 76% among participants, the survey found that Indian students were most affected by the availability of work rights after the study.
International graduates with a bachelor or higher qualification from a regional campus of a registered institution will be eligible to access an additional 2 years in Australia on a post-study work visa.
A Home Department spokesman stated the stimulus would provide much-needed aid to universities and communities in the region, which are presently facing financial pressures and huge job losses following the COVID-19 epidemic. To provide more incentives for worldwide students to study in Regional Australia, for graduates of a regional educational institution and international graduates based in the region on their first (TGV) DHA, Visa arrangements will be extended after the study. In early September, the federal authorities made significant amendments to the immigration regulations that enabled candidates to enter and attain 485 visas while limiting the influence of epidemics on visa holders stranded outside the country. To remain off-shore.
The length of the “Temporary Graduate Visa”
According to the following points, the grant period for the 2d TGV will be determined primarily based on where the student came from and where he lived on his first TGV. International graduates who have studied and live in Category two will be eligible for an extra year on a 2nd temporary graduate visa. According to information provided through the department, Category two includes the major cities and territories of Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Newcastle / Lake Macquarie, Wollongong / Olivera, Greater Geelong, and Hobart. International graduates studying and residing in Category three will be eligible for another two years on a 2nd temporary graduate visa. Category three consists of regional centers and other regional areas.
Designated Regional Areas
Before choosing a place of studies in Australia, it is important to identify which areas are regional Australia. The regional definition is comprised of 3 categories and offers regional incentives for skilled migrants who migrate to locations classified as Category 2 ‘Cities and Major Regional Centres’ or Category 3 ‘Regional Centres and Other Regional Areas’
Category 2
The category 2 comprises of “Cities and Major Regional Centres” of Perth, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Newcastle/Lake Macquarie, Wollongong/Illawarra, Geelong, and Hobart
Category 3
The category 3 comprises of “Regional Centres and Other Regional Areas” (Include Designated regional area postcodes as per below table)
(info source: homeaffairs.gov.au)
| State or Territory | Category | Postcodes |
| New South Wales | Cities and major regional centres | 2259, 2264 to 2308, 2500 to 2526, 2528 to 2535 and 2574 |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | 2250 to 2258, 2260 to 2263, 2311 to 2490, 2527, 2536 to 2551, 2575 to 2739, 2753 to 2754, 2756 to 2758 and 2773 to 2898 | |
| Victoria | Cities and major regional centres | 3211 to 3232, 3235, 3240, 3328, 3330 to 3333, 3340 and 3342 |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | 3097 to 3099, 3139, 3233 to 3234, 3236 to 3239, 3241 to 3325, 3329, 3334, 3341, 3345 to 3424, 3430 to 3799, 3809 to 3909, 3912 to 3971 and 3978 to 3996 | |
| Queensland | Cities and major regional centres | 4207 to 4275, 4517 to 4519, 4550 to 4551, 4553 to 4562, 4564 to 4569 and 4571 to 4575 |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | 4124 to 4125, 4133, 4183 to 4184, 4280 to 4287, 4306 to 4498, 4507, 4552, 4563, 4570 and 4580 to 4895 | |
| Western Australia | Cities and major regional centres | 6000 to 6038, 6050 to 6083, 6090 to 6182, 6208 to 6211, 6214 and 6556 to 6558 |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | All postcodes in Western Australia not mentioned in ‘Cities and major regional centres’ category above | |
| South Australia | Cities and major regional centres | 5000 to 5171, 5173 to 5174, 5231 to 5235, 5240 to 5252, 5351 and 5950 to 5960 |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | All postcodes in South Australia not mentioned in ‘Cities and major regional centres’ category above | |
| Tasmania | Cities and major regional centres | 7000, 7004 to 7026, 7030 to 7109, 7140 to 7151 and 7170 to 7177 |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | All postcodes in Tasmania not mentioned in ‘Cities and major regional centres’ category above | |
| Australian Capital Territory | Cities and major regional centres | All postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | None | |
| Northern Territory | Cities and major regional centres | None |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | All postcodes in the Northern Territory | |
| Norfolk Island | Cities and major regional centres | None |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | All postcodes in Norfolk Island | |
| Other Territories | Cities and major regional centres | None |
| Regional centres and other regional areas | All postcodes in a Territory other than the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or Norfolk Island |