Students of migration: Indian overseas students and the question of permanent residency

Authors
Publication date 2006
Journal People and Place
Volume | Issue number 14 | 1
Pages (from-to) 9-24
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract This article explores the motives of students from India who have enrolled in Australian universities as overseas students. It shows that their main objective is to obtain a permanent residence visa in Australia and that they tailor their choice of course and university with this end in mind. As a consequence most have chosen to study at the relatively low cost metropolitan campuses of Australia’s regional universities. The article also explores the difficulties Indian students are encountering in obtaining a permanent residence visa.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://elecpress.monash.edu.au/pnp/view/abstract/?article=0000010319
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