Indian students will be able to return to Australia soon, S Jaishankar said on visa backlog issue

External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar is on a tour of Australia. During this, he has raised the issue of visa backlog, especially student visa, with the Australian Authority. Students who went to Australia to study due to the Corona epidemic had to return home, and since then they have not been able to go back for their further studies. Australia said that this problem would be resolved by the end of this year. The External Affairs Minister, who went on a two-day tour of Australia, gave this information while addressing the Indian community. External Affairs Minister Jaishankar told that he has raised these issues with different ministers.

“Our issues are similar in that the students are facing problems,” he said. The External Affairs Minister told that he has been ensured that there has been some improvement in the problems and around 77,000 Indian students have returned to Australia for their further studies. Foreign Minister Jaishankar said, although the number of students could be more and the Australian Authority has said that this problem will be resolved by the end of this year.

7 lakh Indians, one lakh students in Australia

The External Affairs Minister said that the matter is not just about students, people also want to travel to Australia to meet family, and also praised the decision to restart Australia's tourism. The number of Indians in Australia is increasing continuously and the import of skilled workers of India is also increasing. According to the report seven lakh Indians are living in Australia. India is the biggest source of skilled workers for Australia. At present 105,000 Indian students are studying in Australia. In 2020, India ranked second in terms of migration to Australia after Britain.

India is signing agreements with Japan, Britain and France

Jaishankar said two issues - Partnership on Mobility and Mutual Recognition Degree and Mutual Recognition Degree and Qualification - will prove to be transformative for bilateral relations. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, "Partnership on mobility means there is demand for Indian skills and talents in Australia, they will have a legal framework, an agreed methodology by which they move from one country to another," he added. . Now, India is entering into such agreements with many countries like Japan, UK and France.