International students here to stay

There is no major change to movements in and out of the country

 

by DIRK MULDER

Cross-border movement of student visa holders is updated to May 10.

There is not much different from the last data, released on April 19, with 80 per cent of students overall in the country.

Of the top 50 visa holder countries, those with the largest proportion offshore are; Oman (69 per cent), Norway (59 per cent), USA (57 per cent), China (39 per cent) and Japan (37 per cent).

Those with the lowest offshore rates are; Zimbabwe (2 per cent), Kenya (2 per cent), Nepal (3 per cent), Nigeria (4 per cent) and Bhutan (4 per cent).