This Is Why Australia Is Rejecting Visas To Students From These 5 Indian States

Several Australian institutions, including Federation University in Victoria and Western Sydney University in New South Wales, have decided to prohibit the recruitment of students from certain Indian states amid the rise in the number of fraudulent visa applications.

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Indian states that are banned and why

These institutions have decided to place restrictions on applications of Indian students from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Jammu & Kashmir over alleged submission of fraudulent documents and high rate of dropouts.

According to reports in the Australian media, the nation’s Department of Home Affairs, in charge of the student visa program, told a federal parliamentary inquiry last week that the rejection rate for applications from India is 24.3 percent, the highest since 2012. 

The report by the country's Department of Home Affairs indicated that one in four applications is now deemed “fraudulent” or “non-genuine”.

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Which Australian universities are banning Indian students?

Earlier this year, Australian media reports had named Victoria University, Edith Cowan University, University of Wollongong, Torrens University, and Southern Cross University as restricting applications of Indian students, particularly from the states of Punjab and Haryana.

The fresh restrictions by the two universities come at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just concluded a diplomatic visit to Australia.

“The university has observed a significant increase in the proportion of visa applications being refused from some Indian regions by the Department of Home Affairs," the Federation University’s letter to agents said.