# Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in migration crackdown

https://mins.news/en/item/82758

- The Guardian, 2026-10-02 01:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/02/labor-migration-crackdown-international-students

> Australia’s Labor government is tightening migration rules by requiring international students who change courses to apply for a separate visa, while temporarily barring transfers within 12 months of starting a course. It also plans to target migration agents and lawyers who help pursue applications lacking a reasonable factual or legal basis, as it seeks to reduce net overseas migration and “permanently temporary” migration.