Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

Again, the government is committed to maintaining a competitive student visa process that supports sustainable growth in the international education sector, whilst maintaining high levels of immigration integrity. The simplified student visa framework will enhance integrity by limiting streamline evidence requirements to only the lowest immigration risk providers in the highest risk markets, providing greater discretion to visa-processing officers to request evidence of financial and English language capacity from streamlined students, where it is deemed appropriate, and reviewing and updating the risk ratings every six months.

The genuine temporary entrant requirement, established by a publicly available ministerial discretion or direction, will continue to be the main integrity safeguard and will enable decision makers to refuse non-genuine applicants. This government is committed to our international education sector, while at all times ensuring that immigration risk is properly managed.