📢 Media report on the significant visa delays Iranian PhDs face. A huge shoutout to ICOIA Australasia members for their invaluable contributions in preparing official communication to Home Affairs & DFAT. Together, we push for a fair & swift resolution. tinyurl.com/49vdwmkf

An academic-led campaign is calling on the Australian government to take swift action to resolve “apparently systemic” visa delays impacting international PhD candidates with scholarships from entering the country. ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi sbs.com.au/language/persi…

The International Community of Iranian Academics (#ICOIA) sent an urgent letter co-signed by more than a hundred Australian academics to Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil MP and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles MP calling for “ministerial action” on the issue of PhD visa delays

An academic-led campaign is calling on the Australian government to take swift action to resolve “apparently systemic” visa delays impacting international PhD candidates with scholarships from entering the country. Via #SBSPersian sbs.com.au/language/persi…

The ICOIA academic-led campaign is calling on the Australian government Australian Government Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP to take swift action to resolve “apparently systemic” visa delays impacting Iranian PhD candidates with scholarships from entering the country.

SBS Audio Many Iranian PhD students have been kept in limbo without any idea of when will this nightmare end? Plz expedite the visa processing before we lose our hard-earned achievements. Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP

ICOIA @mirabi_sara Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP Thank you for your support. I've been kept waiting more than 19 months for my student visa. There is no clear timeframe or explanation. This is disheartening and frustrating when I see I may lose my scholarship at the end of this month. Plz help us Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi Today is the 580th day of my waiting for my student visa. I feel emotionally overwhelmed, stunned,depressed,exhausted, and disheartened. I may lose my scholarship soon but nothing has changed.Please be our voice. Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert PhD Voice - Independently Run Clément Canonne (on Blue🦋Sky) Natalie Osborne Tales of a PhD Student

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi I acknowledge your support. I have been waiting for 10 long months to obtain my visa and pursue my academic dreams in Australia. However, the bureaucratic delay is not only jeopardizing my future, but also affecting my mental health. Andrew Giles MP Clare O'Neil MP

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi We are waiting for a long time for a temporary student visa... Every day, we are suffering from stress and anxiety as we will lose our scholarships and admissions that we have made so much effort and spent a lot of time and energy to achieve. #AuVisa500ForIranians

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi I have been awaiting my temporary student visa for approximately 10 months now. The prolonged waiting period has placed immense pressure on me, as it jeopardizes my opportunity to pursue a PhD. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Australian Government Anthony Albanese Jason Clare MP Clare O'Neil MP SBS News

Imagine a world without DELAYs in Australian Student Visa!!!

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi The delay in visa processing has put a lot of pressure on us. We cannot plan for the future because we do not know how long it will take. It is an unfair situation. #AuVisa500 Clare O'Neil MP Senator Penny Wong Andrew Giles MP Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi Thanks for your support. Delays in visa processing have ruined our lives. Hope Australian government speed up this process. Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi PhD_Genie Please be our voice 🙏

I feel so sorry for the Iranian students stuck in the limbo due to far too long visa processing times. Farzane Barzegar and Alireza Allahyari - I really hope your visas will be granted soon. You’ve been waiting 20 LONG months. This is not fair. We are waiting for you SISM at UniSA

Niv Sadr ICOIA Mehreen Faruqi Jason Clare MP Clare O'Neil MP

Marta Krasowska Farzane Barzegar SISM at UniSA Thank you dear Marta for your nice and supportive words. I hope my dream of working with you and David at FII comes true ^ - ^.

Andrew Giles MP The situation has not changed for international PhD students who have been stuck in limbo for years and may lose their scholarships. What needs to be checked in a students background that takes years? Please hear our voice. Clare O'Neil MP Jason Clare MP Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Senator Penny Wong