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Australia has streamlined the study requirement for all qualifying degrees for the Temporary Graduate visa (TGV). This includes changes for Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma holders.
A temporary Graduate visa enables international students to live, study, and work after completing their studies. Temporary Graduate visas are classified into four types: graduate work stream, post-study work stream, second post-study work stream, and replacement stream.
The Graduate Work stream will be renamed to the Post-Vocational Education Work stream and the Post-Study Work stream will be renamed to the Post-Higher Education Work stream.
The Temporary Graduate visa (TGV) program has three streams:
The Post-Vocational Education Work (PVEW) stream
Post-Higher Education Work (PHEW) stream
Second Post-Higher Education Work stream.
The qualification you use to apply for the Temporary Graduate visa (Subclass 485) will determine which of these streams is right for you.
If you hold an Associate Degree, Diploma or trade qualification, you should apply for the TGV Post-Vocational Education Work (PVEW) stream.
If you hold a Bachelor degree, Masters degree or Doctoral (e.g. PhD) degree, you should apply for the TGV Post-Higher Education Work (PHEW) stream.
If you hold a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma, please see the information below about changes to the TGV (PHEW) stream study requirement.
Graduate Certificates
Graduate Certificates no longer meet the study requirement for the Temporary Graduate visa. You can still study a Graduate Certificate, which cannot be used as an eligible qualification for a TGV application.
You must have completed your eligible TGV qualification (excludes Graduate Certificates) within six months of lodging your application.
A Graduate Certificate can be completed while holding a TGV.
Graduate Diplomas
You can use a Graduate Diploma as an eligible qualification for the TGV (PHEW stream) if:
Your Graduate Diploma follows your Australian-awarded Bachelor, Masters or Doctorate (e.g. PhD) degree and is related to that qualification’s field of study; and
You studied your Graduate Diploma program in the same, or next, academic year as the Bachelor, Masters or Doctorate (e.g. PhD) degree you completed.
These requirements mean that Graduate Diploma level study will help you build specialised skills in your area of study and improve your career prospects.
Graduate Diplomas in a different area of study
You can study for a Graduate Diploma that is not related to your previous Bachelor, Masters or Doctoral Degree, but this study would not qualify for a TGV.
You must have completed your eligible TGV qualification within six months of lodging your application.
A Graduate Diploma can be completed while holding a TGV.
Any graduates who lodged a TGV application before 14 December 2024 using a Graduate Diploma as their qualifying study will be assessed according to the regulations in force at the time of application.
In addition to a TGV, former students may be eligible for a range of visas including other temporary residence visas or the new Skills in Demand visa, which replaced the Temporary Skill Shortage visa on 7 December 2024.
Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-australia-updates-temporary-graduate-visa-rules-for-graduate-certificate-and-diploma-holders-3726421/
