留学e网讯 2011年9月22日，澳大利亚政府正式公布了大家期待已久的对于学生签证项目复审报告的回应。接受了Knight先生提出的41条建议。这意味着澳大利亚学生签证在不久的将来将发生重大变革，从Knight先生撰写的196页报告显示，此次变革重要是为了简化澳大利亚学生签证流程，降低部分澳洲利亚学生签证申请人的经济担保金额要求，加强澳大利亚学生签证项目的诚信度以及毕业后工作签证等内容。具体信息，可参阅网站：http://www.immi.gov.au/students/knight/

　　澳大利亚移民部长的announcement如下：

　　http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/cb/2011/cb172439.htm

　　这41个建议中主要的33个建议的英文总结如下：

　　Notable in these recommendations are the following:

　　1. The first criterion in assessing a Student visa application is whether the applicant is a genuine temporary entrant;

　　2. A successful applicant must be both a genuine temporary entrant and a genuine Student;

　　3. All applicants for higher education Bachelors degree (2+2 or 3+1 arrangements with partner universities), and Masters degree by coursework should be Assessment Level 1 (including packages with ELICOS or foundation courses);

　　4. All Australian Bachelors degree graduates (with at least two years study in Australia) be given two years post-study work rights in Australia;

　　5. All Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students (visa Subclass 574) be treated as Assessment Level, and be given three years work rights;

　　6. Masters by Research graduates be given three years post-study work rights, and PhD graduates be given four years post-study work rights;

　　7. HDR students be allowed to extend their student visa for up to six months to allow for the interactive marking process. This should also apply to PHD Subclass 576 visa holders if AusAID is prepared to fund the extension;

　　8. The threshold English language test requirements for standalone ELICOS students be removed;

　　9. The English language requirements for school students in AL4 be the same as those applying for AL1 through to AL3 and the associated waiver scheme abolished;

　　10. The maximum a school student visa holder can study English be 50 weeks across all ALs;

　　11. The current restrictions on student guardians of a maximum of three months of study be maintained but unlimited part‐time study rights for ELICOS study only be allowed;

　　12. Pre‐paid home stay fees be included in financial assessments on the same basis as pre‐paid boarding fees;

　　13. As a matter of some urgency AusAID, DIAC, DOHA and other relevant Australian government agencies develop an integrated policy in relation to the award of scholarships and how visa arrangements for awardees are to be managed. In particular they should address the situation of potential awardees who have a disability or HIV;

　　14.That DIAC and DEEWR meet with state education authorities to work out what can be done to avoid the situation where a visa for a child dependent cannot be granted until proof of enrolment is present and state education authorities will not grant such proof until proof of visa grant is made. Any agreed remedy should apply across all Student visa subclasses;

　　15.Streamlining applications for semester of year long university non-award courses;

　　16.DIAC be appropriately funded to further develop research capability across the program;

　　17.In the event that the research over the next 12 months reveals systemic abuse of dependant (secondary applicant) visas, that the government seriously consider mirroring the recent UK policy and restrict dependant visas to Masters and above courses unless the primary applicant is sponsored by a government;

　　18.Current arrangements whereby Student Course Variations (SCVs) automatically become NCNs should cease. SCV information should continue to be conveyed to DIAC who should use it as an input into a more targeted and strategic analysis of non‐compliance;

　　19.Automatic cancellation of student visas should be abolished and replaced by a system in which information conveyed by SCVs is used as an input into a more targeted and strategic analysis of non‐compliance;

　　20.The mandatory cancellation requirement for unsatisfactory attendance, unsatisfactory progress and working in excess of the hours allowed should be removed, giving DIAC officers the discretion to determine cancellation in particular cases on their merits;