AustraliaThe Indian Express‘300 applications, 2-3 callbacks’: Indian students in Australia face high rent, cost and housing crisis
Indian students in Australia are struggling with high rents, scarce casual work and hundreds of job applications going unanswered, as international student numbers fall seven per cent.
Amid growing anti-immigrant sentiment, there is greater scrutiny of whether international students are genuine applicants with a clear intention to study.
Indian students in Australia are facing a tough combination of soaring rents, limited work opportunities and growing anti-immigrant sentiment.
One student reported sending around 300 job applications and receiving only two or three callbacks, while paying over one thousand dollars a month in rent in Melbourne.
Overall international student numbers in Australia have dropped seven per cent, and experts say the cost-of-living squeeze is making the country a harder sell.
International students on a standard student visa can work up to 48 hours a fortnight during study periods, with unlimited hours during official course breaks.
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