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408 pandemic visa is being scrapped for international students, government announces

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A special visa for international students trapped in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic is being phased out.
Some migration agents and education experts had been calling for it to be abolished sooner.
The government has also shut down other pandemic-era policies, such as unlimited work hours for foreign students.

A special visa for international students trapped in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic is being phased out, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has announced, as the government moves to close off visa types created in 2020.

The Pandemic Event Visa (Subclass 408) was…

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