UK universities experienced record international enrolments in the 2022-2023 academic year, reaching a new high of 758,855 students — a 12% increase from the previous year. The UK hosted a total of 758,855 international students during the last academic year – with India, China and Nigeria sending the most students, new data released by HESA today revealed. It marked a record high for students coming to the UK, beating the previous record set in the 2021/22 academic year, when there were 675,200 international students. India sent more students to the UK than any other overseas nation in 2022/23, with students from this country representing just over a quarter (26%) of non-EU students. It was the first time since 2018/19 that another country took China’s top spot as the country sending the most overseas students to the UK. Some 173,190 students from India chose the UK for study opportunities in 2022/23 – a 39% increase compared to the previous year and 145,650 more students than in 2018/19, the data showed. Meanwhile, China sent 154,260 students (a 2% increase on the previous year), Nigeria 72,355 (a 66% increase) and Pakistan 34,960 in the same year. Of countries in the EU, France was the biggest sending country, with 10,305 students travelling to the UK. This was followed by Ireland, sending 9,410 students, Italy, sending 9,220, and Spain, sending 8,730.
While the number of non-EU international students in the UK rose between 2021/22 and 2022/23 – going from 555,060 to 663,355 – the number of international students from the EU fell. Some 95,505 EU students came to the UK in 2022/23, compared to 120,145 the previous year. It was the second year in a row that EU student numbers declined year on year after this cohort reached a peak in 2020/21, with 152, 910 students.
University College London logged the highest number of international students of all UK HE institutions in 2022/23, with 28,120 overseas students. It was followed by BPP University, with 19,205 international students, The University of Manchester, with 18,515, and the University of Hertfordshire, with 17,095.
HESA’s data for the 2022/323 academic year has been published three months later than anticipated, with the organisation blaming the delay on the challenges of bringing in a new data model.
The Government has expanded eligibility for work visas for partners of some students studying towards a Green List occupation.
Partners of students studying level 7 or 8 qualifications specified on the Green List, can now apply for a work visa with open conditions.
We have updated the Green List with the main Bachelor degrees and Bachelor Honours qualifications that lead to registration for certain occupations. These are occupations that have registration as a requirement instead of New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) qualifications.
This means people with student visas studying for these registration qualifications can now support their partner’s application for a Partner of a Student Work Visa.
Check the Green List appendix in the amendment circular for the eligible qualifications.
For partners who are now eligible, their dependent school-aged children can be treated as domestic students. The children can apply for a Dependent Child Student Visa so they will not have to pay tuition fees to go to school. This currently applies to anyone with a Partner of a Student Work Visa.
The 2024-25 Skilled Migration State Nomination Program is now open for Registrations of Interest. Updated eligibility requirements, policy guidance and service fees apply.
Features of the 2024-25 Skilled Migration State Nomination Program
The 2024-25 program includes:
Changes to priority attributes, including a reduction in green attributes and a new “orange-plus” attribute category.
All occupations listed on the Australian Government’s subclass 190 and 491 list remain eligible for nomination in at least one program pathway.
18 new occupation groups, comprising 78 individual occupations, have been added to the Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occupation List for the subclass 190 Tasmanian Skilled Employment pathway. Candidates with a skills assessment and directly related employment qualify for permanent visa nomination after six months of work.
Changes to income thresholds in minimum eligibility requirement and priority attributes based on updates to Australian median and average earnings and the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold.
An updated critical roles list (for gold priority in the Tasmania Skilled Employment, Skilled Graduate and Established Resident pathways).
More detailed policy guidance in the Additional Information, Exclusions and Definitions section of the Migration Tasmania website.
An increased service fee to apply for nomination to $360 (plus $36 GST). There is no charge to submit a Registration of Interest.
Change to priority attributes
Green priority attributes have been reduced for the Tasmanian Skilled Employment, Skilled Graduate Established Resident and Business Owner pathways. Some previously green attributes have been moved to a new “orange-plus” category. This will provide greater certainty, allowing all green pass holders to receive an invitation to apply for nomination within eight weeks of submitting a registration of interest.
Candidates with at least one orange-plus attribute will be issued an Orange Pass. However they will be noted internally by Migration Tasmania as a high priority and are highly likely to receive an invitation to apply for nomination within six months. The higher the number of orange-plus attributes a candidate attains, the sooner an invitation will be issued.
All subclass 190 candidates with at least one orange-plus attribute will be invited to apply for nomination this program year.
Employment must be skilled to claim orange-plus attributes.
Additions to the Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occuaption List (TOSOL)
The TOSOL is used to determine eligibility for subclass 190 nomination in the Tasmanian Skilled Employment – TOSOL option nomination Pathway. It lists skilled occupation groups for which employers are currently experiencing significant recruitment difficulty. It also aims to attract new skilled migrants by providing a fast and simple pathway to permanent residency.
Candidates may have a migration skills assessment and an employment role within the same four-digit group to be considered for subclass 190 nomination in the Tasmanian Skilled Employment Pathway. Where an occupation is not on the Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, and a skills assessment is not available for that role, candidates may have a skills assessment for any one of the occupations listed in that group.
For example, an applicant who holds a skills assessment for “232212 Surveyor” could be working in any of the roles listed in the “2322 Surveyors and Spatial Scientists” group to meet the subclass 190 nomination requirement.
The following 19 occupation groups have been added to the TOSOL.
1311 Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Managers
1322 Finance Managers
1342 Health and Welfare Services Managers
1351 ICT Managers
2223 Financial Investment Advisers and Managers
2231 Human Resource Professionals
2242 Archivists, Curators and Records Managers
2321 Architects and Landscape Architects
2325 Interior Designers
2326 Urban and Regional Planners
2343 Environmental Scientists
2713 Solicitors
3112 Medical Technicians
3114 Science Technicians
3129 Other Building and Engineering Technicians
3611 Animal Attendants and Trainers
3991 Boat Builders and Shipwrights
4111 Ambulance Officers and Paramedics
Critical Roles list
The critical roles list is used to prioritise invitations to apply for nomination based on employment in highly skilled roles.
Thirty-seven occupations have been added to the critical roles list and 30 have been removed. The impact of removal is minor, as all candidates working in their skills assessment area are of high priority for nomination.
All the occupations slated for removal remain high priority and are included in the updated TOSOL.
Added
Removed
135111 Chief Information Officer 135112 ICT Project Manager 135199 ICT Managers nec 224211 Archivist 224212 Gallery or Museum Curator 224213 Health Information Manager 224214 Records Manager 233311 Electrical Engineer 233411 Electronics Engineer 233911 Aeronautical Engineer 233912 Agricultural Engineer 233913 Biomedical Engineer 233914 Engineering Technologist 233915 Environmental Engineer 233916 Naval Architect / Marine Designer 233999 Engineering Professionals nec 234211 Chemist 234212 Food Technologist 234213 Wine Maker 261111 ICT Business Analyst 261112 Systems Analyst 261113 User Experience Designer (ICT) 261211 Multimedia Specialist 261212 Web Developer 263111 Computer Network and Systems Engineer 263112 Network Administrator 263113 Network Analyst 263211 ICT Quality Assurance Engineer 263212 ICT Support Engineer 263213 ICT Systems Test Engineer 263299 ICT Support and Test Engineers nec 411211 Dental Hygienist 411212 Dental Prosthetist 411213 Dental Technician 411214 Dental Therapist 411311 Diversional Therapist 411411 Enrolled Nurse
133111 Construction Project Manager 133112 Project Builder 133211 Engineering Manager 232212 Surveyor 232213 Cartographer 232214 Other Spatial Scientist 232411 Graphic Designer 232412 Illustrator 232413 Multimedia Designer 232414 Web Designer 233211 Civil Engineer 233212 Geotechnical Engineer 233213 Quantity Surveyor 233214 Structural Engineer 233215 Transport Engineer 234111 Agricultural Consultant 234113 Forester / Forest Scientist 234711 Veterinarian 252111 Chiropractor 252112 Osteopath 311112 Agricultural and Agritech Technician 312111 Architectural Draftsperson 312113 Building Inspector 312114 Construction Estimator 312116 Surveying or Spatial Science Technician 312199 Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians nec 312211 Civil Engineering Draftsperson 312212 Civil Engineering Technician 312511 Mechanical Engineering Draftsperson 312512 Mechanical Engineering Technician
Policy Guidance (Additional Information, Exclusions and Definitions)
Income thresholds updated to reflect latest Australian average and median earnings and the new Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold.
Excluded business operations – clarification about including parcel delivery contracting services (eg, Australia Post, Aramex). These are accepted as employment where the applicant has a related skills assessment or at least two years’ prior experience.
Claiming skilled employment related to gold or green attributes – Additional guidance about indicators of skilled employment including:
Roles that match ANZSCO Skill Levels 1,2 or 3
Pay rate above the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold
Pay rate at or around National Minimum Salary isan indicator that employment is not skilled.
Excluded employment – employment with a related skills assessment as Chef, Cook, or Café or Restaurant manager in a fast casual restaurant or café business is now accepted. It is not accepted in relation to limited-service restaurants:
Fast casual restaurants combine elements of fast food and casual dining, blending the speed and convenience of fast food chains and the quality and atmosphere of a casual restaurant. These establishments typically offer freshly prepared dishes, and a more appealing dining environment without the full table service of traditional sit-down restaurants. Fast casual restaurants and cafes are usually characterised by:
Off-premise and on-premise dining, but with an emphasis on dining in
Lower average meal price than fine dining
No drive-through.
ANZSCO 4 or 5 roles – Qualifications or experience consistent with ANZSCO – Claiming employment in lieu of qualification specified in ANZSCO for a role – clarification added that for the purposes of Tasmanian nomination only qualification will be accepted:
If using employment in a role equivalent to ANZSCO Skill Level 4 or 5 to meet minimum requirements or priority attributes, you must have the relevant qualifications or experience as defined in ANZSCO (note that for the purposes of this program qualifications must be a minimum Certificate III, or at least 12 months experience).
For example, if working as a Retail Supervisor (ANZSCO 621511 – ANZSCO Skill Level 4), you must have an AQF Certificate III or at least one year of relevant experience.
For some occupations ANZSCO indicates that an amount of time in employment may substitute for the specified qualification. However, for the purposes of Tasmanian nomination you cannot use that work experience concession for ANZSCO 4 or 5 work: you will need the relevant qualification to claim this priority attribute.
Where ANZSCO does not list a qualification or experience for an occupation Migration Tasmania requires you to have a related AQF Certificate III qualification or one year of relevant Australian experience.
Where a priority attribute or Gateway question / response specifically refers to a qualification, experience cannot be used as a substitute.
Employment related to skills assessment or study – additional guidance about how a relationship between employment and Tasmanian study can be shown:
If you are claiming employment in a skilled role directly related to your Tasmanian study, one way this can be shown is by supplying a role description or relevant job advertisement demonstrating that the role requires the qualification you gained.
For example, if you have completed a Bachelor of Social Work or have a skills assessment as a Social Worker, your job advertisement or job description may state:
“A Bachelor of Social Work or a Diploma of Community Welfare Work or other tertiary qualifications at Diploma or above level which includes units of case management/casework practice and supervised practical work placements in relevant fields.”
Migration Tasmania would accept this employment as being directly related to your study.
Job interviews related to skills assessment or Tasmanian study – New guidance clarifying that this can only be claimed if the applicant is not currently in skilled employment.
Genuine employment / business operation – indicators of concern – New item listing indicators of concern regarding employment claims that could prompt an officer to consider deeper checks from an applicant or employing business. All available information will be assessed and a determination made on the balance of information. This may lead to a decision to decline nomination.
Applications lodged or invited and before 12:00pm
Applications for nomination that have been lodged but not decided or have been invited before 1 August 2024 will continue to be processed against the requirements that were in place at the time of invitation.
Registrations of Interest submitted in the 2023-24 program year
Registrations of Interest (ROIs) submitted during before 1 July 2024 will remain valid for the 2024-25 program year up until the six-month expiry date or until an invitation to apply for nomination is issued.
If invited to apply for nomination, the requirements and settings in place at the time of ROI submission will apply.
New priority attributes apply to ROIs submitted from 12pm 1 August 2024. In cases where new requirements are likely to be beneficial, candidates may wish to withdraw their current ROI and submit a new one.
Questions?
If you have any questions about The Tasmanian Skilled Migration State Nomination Program you can email us at contact@emkglobal.com.au
The Department processes existing on-hand applications and new applications nominated by a state or territory in line with the permanent Migration Program planning levels and skilled visa processing priorities.
2024–25 state and territory nomination allocations
Nomination allocations are the number of new primary applicants each state or territory can nominate in a program year. New applications are added to the existing on-hand caseload in these visa categories.
Nomination allocations do not reflect the total number of visa applicants in these categories and do not limit the number of visas able to be granted in these visa categories.
Nomination allocations for the 2024–25 Migration Program are below.
State
Skilled Nominated (Subclass 190) visa
Skilled Work Regional (Subclass 491) visa
ACT
1,000
800
NSW
3,000
2,000
NT
800
800
QLD
600
600
SA
3,000
800
TAS
2,100
760
VIC
3,000
2,000
WA
3,000
2,000
Total
16,500
9,760
Net overseas migration – relationship with the permanent Migration Program
The permanent Migration Program is only one component of net overseas migration (NOM). NOM includes temporary migration, such as Working Holiday Makers and Students. It also includes Australian citizens, New Zealanders and Humanitarian migrants.
The size of the permanent Migration Program has decreased since 2022–23 and it is not the cause of recent volatility in NOM. Around 60 per cent of visas under the permanent Migration Program are granted to migrants already onshore and in the community, residing in established households at the time of visa grant. This minimises the permanent Migration Program’s near-term impact on housing, infrastructure and services.
From 2025–26, the Migration Program will move to a multi-year planning model, extending the Program planning horizon to four years from the current twelve month cycle.
Extending the outlook of Australia’s Migration Program will enable migration planning to better align with longer-term infrastructure, housing and services planning across all levels of government. The multi-year approach will incorporate housing supply as one of the key factors to shape the broad direction of long-term migration planning.
Public consultation on the size and composition of the first four-year cycle (covering 2025–26 to 2028–29) will commence later this year.
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Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and South Korea have all set ambitious new international enrolment targets. These are:
Japan: 400,000 by 2033
Malaysia: 250,000 by 2025
Taiwan: 320,000 by 2030
South Korea: 300,000 by 2027
To date, this is the progress the four destinations have made:
Japan: 279,275 international enrolments as of May 2023 (+21% over 2022).
Malaysia: Between 115,000 and 170,000 enrolments currently (estimates vary). Malaysia tends to report application volumes publicly rather than enrolment volumes. Looking at this measure, Malaysian institutions received 58,285 applications in 2023, a 14% increase over 2022 following a 28% increase the previous year. Asia contributed the most growth – especially East Asia (+22% over 2022).
Taiwan: 116,040 in 2023, representing a 90% recovery from foreign enrolment losses in the pandemic. Just over 6 in 10 (61%) of Taiwan’s international students are from “New Southbound Policy” (NSP) countries: Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Australia, and New Zealand.
South Korea: 205,170 as of March 2023 (+23% over 2022).
South Korea is thus approaching the volume of Japan’s current foreign enrolment as it adheres to a strategy known as the Study Korea 300K Project. That strategy aims to position South Korea as one of the world’s top 10 study abroad destinations by 2027.
The following table shows top markets for each of the four Asian destinations. It also demonstrates the large number of Vietnamese students opting to study in Asia as opposed to the West. For example, South Korea enrols more Vietnamese students than do Canada (17,175) and the US (21,900) combined.
Accompanying dependants can now apply for a Partner of Student Work Visa with open work rights if their partner is studying in “a specified level 7 or 8 bachelor’s or bachelor’s (honours) degree that will lead directly to professional registration required for a Green List role.”
Green List roles are occupations that have been classified as being in high demand by the New Zealand government. They include positions in health care, STEM fields, and others.
The new policy offers a significant benefit to accompanying children of Green List-enrolled students as well in that: “For partners who are now eligible, their dependent school-aged children can be treated as domestic students. The children can apply for a Dependent Child Student Visa so they will not have to pay tuition fees to go to school. This currently applies to anyone with a Partner of a Student Work Visa.”
The news follows the recent announcement of New Zealand’s full-year enrolment figures for 2023. The country’s schools, universities, language institutes, and vocational institutions together hosted 69,135 international students last year, a 67% increase in total foreign enrolment over 2022.
This represents 60% of the international student base in 2019, when over 115,000 international students were enrolled.
Quality of education at Aotearoa New Zealand’s educational institutions is reflected in the latest survey by the Brazilian Educational and Language Travel Association (Belta), presented in May. The survey was conducted between March and April 2024 with students and international education agents from all regions of Brazil.
ENZ’s Bruna de Natale (center) with Belta leadership shows the latest issue of Belta’s annual magazine which features Aotearoa New Zealand. Photo: Belta.
According to the latest survey by Belta (Brazilian Educational & Language Travel Association), New Zealand ranks seventh on the list of preferred educational destinations for Brazilian students. The survey interviews 836 students and 569 international education agents along with companies who work in the international education sector in Brazil.
Respondents who chose New Zealand said their choice was based on New Zealand’s excellent positions in various international rankings for quality of life, education, civil rights protection, government transparency, and women’s safety/rights. Other factors are being able to study and work during the study programme, and New Zealand’s natural beauty and cultural attractions.
International education professionals attended the Belta survey launch event. Photo credit: Belta
According to the survey, the main objective of students participating in a study abroad program is to fulfil the dream of experiencing different countries and cultures (39.6%); the second is the interest in language studies (27.2%).
The majority (77%) of those who said they went abroad to learn a new language chose English when travelling. The quality of education is another reason cited by respondents who chose New Zealand. All universities in New Zealand are ranked among the top 2% in the world by major international indices, such as QS World Universities and THE – Times Higher Education.
Bruna de Natale, Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ) Market Development Manager in Brazil, said, “The Belta survey is the most important source of consistently updated international education data in Brazil. It is very encouraging that Brazilians continue to perceive New Zealand as a safe, trusted and quality education to develop their academic and professional goals.,”.
The data from the Belta Survey 2024 reinforces the international Better Life Index, which measures variables that constitute the quality of life in countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In this survey, New Zealand is ranked as one of the best countries in the world to live in.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has proposed several regulatory changes to the international student sector, announced on June 20 for a 30-day review and comment period. These changes include enhanced compliance reporting for Canadian institutions and schools, new powers for IRCC, and modifications to student work limits.
The proposed regulations will:
Grant IRCC the authority to suspend study permit processing for non-compliant institutions.
Require students to apply for a new study permit when transferring to a different institution.
Increase the limit on off-campus work during study from 20 hours per week to 24 hours per week.
The most significant change is the new compliance reporting and suspension authority given to IRCC. This move intersects with the federal-provincial jurisdiction divide in Canada. The draft regulations state:
“The administration of the International Student Programme (ISP) is a shared responsibility between IRCC and Provinces and Territories (PTs). IRCC sets policies for international student entry, establishes study permit conditions, and decides on study permit issuance.”
“For Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) to host international students, they must be designated by the province or territory based on agreed standards with IRCC. PTs set their own standards for DLIs, inform IRCC about institutions to be added or removed from the public DLI list, which lists institutions allowed to receive students in their jurisdiction.”
The proposed regulations would allow IRCC to have a greater role in overseeing and sanctioning DLIs. IRCC justifies this change as a way to maintain industry integrity and address several issues:
Currently, the federal government cannot compel DLIs to report as part of the compliance program and letter of acceptance verification system. Without reporting, IRCC cannot reliably determine if a student is attending the DLI and complying with study permit requirements or detect fraudulent letters of acceptance.
IRCC cannot impose conditions on non-compliant DLIs, such as suspending study permit processing. This means IRCC must issue study permits to students attending non-reporting DLIs.
IRCC cannot compel international students to notify the department if they change DLIs. This lack of notification can lead to issues in confirming student attendance and compliance with study permits, and potentially circumvent study permit caps.
The new regulations will require post-secondary DLIs to submit mandatory reports. IRCC will also be empowered to suspend study permit processing for non-compliant DLIs for up to 12 consecutive months.
“The regulatory amendments would allow IRCC to effectively respond to integrity challenges and address unethical behaviors that undermine the program,” states IRCC. The enhanced letter of acceptance verification system will enable IRCC to verify each letter before processing study permit applications. Codifying biannual compliance reports will help close existing compliance gaps. Requiring international students to obtain new study permits when transferring DLIs will allow IRCC to better track student compliance and identify changes in DLIs.
These proposed changes come after significant policy shifts in Canada, including a cap on foreign enrolment and changes to post-study work rights. The country has seen substantial growth in international student numbers, with over a million foreign students in Canada by the end of 2023, a nearly two-thirds increase in five years.
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