Post graduation - Australia

What are the options for students post completing their graduation in Australia?

After completion of studies in Australia, students from abroad can have lot of options either they can stay in Australia or go back to their home country.

If students from abroad wish to stay in Australia, They can choose to continue studying to get a higher qualification or they can work to gain knowledge and experience in Australia, and they have another option that they can go back to their own country to get higher education or to work.

Before deciding to stay in Australia you should check your visa to know whether it allows you to do the same. Join your alumni group. It will help you in various ways like keeping touch with your classmates and sometimes they may lead you on the right path.

Few suggestions

1.Complete your higher education in Australia

After graduating students from abroad choose to stay in Australia and continue their higher education to get a higher degree.stayin in Australia will help you to gain more knowledge to get a job from your field and you can also learn advanced skills if you like to continue being in Australia consider them

·         Make sure that you have enough money to pay for your studies need and for your living.

·         Extend your Overseas Student Health Cover(OSHC)

·         Apply for a new student visa before it gets expired

·         Apply for the course which you prefer to study

2. Stay in Australia for a longer period

If the students from abroad have no plans on getting back home or continuing with further education, stay in Australia and travel around but you will not have a student visa you should apply for other temporary options, Being in there you can do the following

·         Improve your skills in Australia to learn English or travel around and get some work in your field, Subclass 485 allows one to stay in there for 18 months.

·         Students who complete bachelors or masters the degree can apply for a 3-year international student work visa, students who have completed Ph.D. can apply for a 4-year work visa

·         If you continue working in the same place if he is ready to sponsor you on a permanent basis or in temporary via Employer nomination scheme visa, then you can extend living in Australia till you work in the same place.

·         Get professional working experience in Australia

·         Start exploring Australia they have beautiful places their I suggest you take a solo trip that will help you in exploring a lot by applying Tourist visa that will allow you to stay Three, six or maximum of twelve months there

·         Apply for work and holiday where you can do both for a period of twelve months.

·         Apply for a tourist visa and stay there for your The graduation ceremony, few countries conduct the ceremony in their home country

3.Apply for permanent residency

Few abroad students wish to get Permanent residency in Australia they can get work there and live there in permanent, you can apply for Australia PR for abroad students. Applying for PR after student visa maybe confusing so check them properly and apply.

4. Return back to your home town.

If you have not thought of anything or if you had no plans for future in staying, working, living or traveling after you finish your education,  Then you should return back to your home country. you should start moving back and do the packing. It might be hard emotionally living for years in Australia and start packing.

You have to sell all the large objects that you bought for your use but can't take them to your home, pay all your final bills and vacating your rented place and give them back the keys, cancel all the services like phone accounts, electricity, and bank accounts.

Many Institutions in Australia conducts a program or informative sessions on going back home and life after going back to home and start living away from Australia.