In an unexpectedly generous move the Australian government decided to lift most restrictions on the issuing of student visas to overseas students applying for a place at university. The hope is to create a new flood of new applications from China, India and other Asian countries. Australia’s 39 universities are preparing for 2012 when the government lifts not only the quotas on the number of local students, but also the restrictions to recruit as many foreigners as they wish as a result of a new fast-track visa system.
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