Missed opportunity to clean up ‘Wild West’ of student visa advisers

Missed opportunity to clean up ‘Wild West’ of student visa advisers
Chinese international students face a large gap between their expectations and reality, say researchers. (Image: Getty)
Jem Traylen
A veteran immigration adviser says legislation that has been a decade in the making is missing the number one issue it was supposed to fix.Last week, the Government introduced a bill that included amendments to the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act (IALA), first recommended in a 2014 review by consultants MartinJenkins.The amendments are part of a wider Regulatory Systems Amendment Bill introduced every five years to provide “repairs and maintenance” of existing legislation. However, despite citing the bill’s disclosure...

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