Australia announces it will stop allowing many international students to bring partners and dependent children while studying in the country. Under the current rules, international students can bring a spouse or partner and dependent children under 18 to accompany them.
Details in the available reports indicate the change is aimed at restricting those accompanying family members. Japan Times describes the existing allowance, while Channel NewsAsia reports the new policy direction to bar partners and children during study.
The articles do not provide, in the excerpts provided, the effective date, the scope of which student categories are affected, or how students with existing visas or applications will be treated. They also do not specify whether exceptions or phased-in arrangements apply, leaving those aspects to further coverage by other outlets or official government statements.
