Australia ' s high school student visa approval rate dropped to a new low during the same period in August: applicants were required to distinguish between nationality and education

The Australian Home Office keeps up to date information on student visa applications, issuance and approval rates. Times High Education, based on 21 years of documentation, showed that in August 2026, the performance of overseas higher education students ' visas fell to a low of the same month of the calendar year, and that many major source countries also had the lowest or near-lowest rate of approval in the same period.

How should numbers be read?

The approval rate will vary depending on the applicant ' s nationality, place of application, type of course and month, and a single overall ratio cannot be calculated as a case result. Reports indicate that, with the exception of 2021 when the border was closed, the lowest number of higher education visas issued overseas was in August since 2010, about half the same period last year.

Implications for Taiwanese students and families

Taiwan students preparing to travel to Australia should be guided by their own curriculum, school, financial resources, English proficiency and the evidence of genuine student, and maintain a description of their studies and careers from the same source. Market averages can be used to judge the environment for review, but they cannot substitute for case-by-case legal opinions and do not represent a fixed approval rate for applicants from Taiwan.

Cross-read this text Government of Australia and Times High Education Independent analysis of August 2026 。