Page 12 - StudyTravel Magazine August 2018 Issue

NEwS StUdytrAvel mAgAZIne AUgUSt 2018

AUSTRAlIA
INTRODUCES
BIOMETRIC
REqUIREMENT FOR
STUDENTS
Australia has
introduced biometric and Vietnam. A full Also in
requirements for list is available on the the news
student visa applicants Department of Home
that are included in Affairs website www.
the country’s offshore homeaffairs.gov.
JApANESE AGENCY ASSOCIATION JAOS
biometric programme. au/trav/visa/biom/
ANNOUNCED AN MOU wITh ENGlISh
Students from the biometrics-countries.
MAlAYSIA. bit.ly/2J0wskh
participating countries English Australia
will need to present said the requirement
ThE INTERNATIONAl lANGUAGE
themselves in person was expected to
ACADEMY OF CANADA (IlAC) lAUNChED A
at an Australian Visa expand to other
SChOlARShIp FOR hISpANIC wOMEN.
Application Centre countries in the future.
bit.ly/2LzrkBz
(AVAC) or Australian Students will be
Biometrics Collection required to pay the
ThE CANADIAN STATE OF qUEBEC SAID
Centre (ABCC) to cost of the biometric
IT wOUlD DEREGUlATE ThE SETTING OF
provide fi ngerprint and scans, although fees
INTERNATIONAl STUDENT TUITION FEES AT
facial images. could differ between
ITS STATE UNIvERSITIES. bit.ly/2sN567n
In a newsletter to participating countries.
member language English Australia
NORwAY IS CONSIDERING A CENTRAlISED
centres, English commented, “We
NATIONAl ApplICATION SYSTEM FOR
Australia www. fl agged our concerns
INTERNATIONAl pOSTGRADUATE
englishaustralia.com. about this further
ADMISSIONS. bit.ly/2GYGNZ5
au advised that key integrity measure at the
markets that required recent Education Visa
COMMUNITY COllEGES IN ThE USA
biometrics as of May Consultative Committee
CONTRIBUTED US$2.4 BIllION TO ThE US
31 include: Colombia, meeting and through
ECONOMY IN 2016/17, ACCORDING
France, Malaysia, other dialogues with the
TO NAFSA. bit.ly/2HtbTbj
Saudi Arabia, Turkey DHA.” Read more at:
bit.ly/2su60Fo
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