Hundreds of international PhD students have been waiting years for a visa despite having offers from Australian universities. Now, some are celebrating.
More than 30 Iranian PhD students have suddenly had their Australian student visas approved.The approvals for the group of Iranian students came in the days that followed.
Iranian student Maryam Taheri is among those celebrating. She was awarded a PhD scholarship in engineering from the University of New South Wales and had been waiting 17 months for her visa to be able to begin her studies.I can’t describe what my family and me felt at that moment and how happy we were.Ms Taheri has been leading a campaign among hundreds of Iranian students who had also been waiting for their visas.
“The lengthy nature of this visa process has been very difficult. I had tried hard to be awarded a competitive scholarship, but that was only the beginning of the battle.”These uni students are working 'extreme hours' to make ends meet, but a crackdown is looming SBS News understands it's uncommon to have this number of visas approved in such a short amount of time.
Chinese offshore PhD students who had also spoken to SBS News about their waits for visas did not see any surge in visa approvals.Arezoo is one of them. The 32-year-old has a fully-funded PhD admission at Monash University in Material Science and Engineering but has been waiting more than 13 months for her student visa.
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