Changes in 485 Visa Announced in December 2024

 

๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
Some crucial changes to the Temporary Graduate Visa Subclass 485, specifically focusing on the Post Higher Education Work Stream, were announced and came into effect on December 14, 2024. These significant changes aim to simplify, streamline, and align the visa criteria with the broader reforms of the Migration Strategy.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐“๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š (๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“)?
The Temporary Graduate Visa subclass 485 is a temporary visa that allows an overseas student who has recently graduated from an Australian university to live, study, and work in Australia for an indefinite period of time. This is a suitable stream for those who want to gain practical experience in their field of study as well as transition to permanent residency in Australia.

๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ
The Post-Higher Education Work Stream is an important part of the Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485). It is designed for those international students who have completed their graduation in Australia recently. The PHEWS lets these graduates live, work, and study in Australia temporarily.

๐Ÿ“ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š
In the recent migration amendment, there are exciting updates regarding the Postgraduate Higher Education Work Stream that are crucial to understand. These updates will certify the international students to understand new eligibility requirements and better align them with the goals of Australiaโ€™s skilled migration program.

Letโ€™s take a look at the five important things you need to know before applying for the 485 Post-Higher Education Work Stream.

๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐:
All graduate certificates are no longer accepted as valid qualifications for the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485). The purpose of this significant change is to maintain higher academic standards.

๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐„๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ:
Only graduate diplomas are accepted now if they are closely related to your previous Australian qualification (such as a bachelorโ€™s degree or higher degree). Furthermore, the graduate diploma should be started within the same or the next academic year after completing your previous qualification.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž:
To be eligible for the 485 visa, you must have completed your degree at an Australian educational institution within the last six months.

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:
Your degree program must meet the following criteria:
a. A duration of at least two academic years.
b. Completed within 16 calendar months.

๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐Ž๐’ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ:
The degree of the applicants must be registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) and must be completed while you hold a valid student visa.