"[Other PhD candidates] had given up and applied elsewhere, only to be granted Australian visas after starting PhD studies in the UK, Canada, Finland, Norway or the US." via John Ross, on the PhD visa crisis in 🇦🇺 (not over!) timeshighereducation.com/news/waiting-g… or web.archive.org/web/2023080622…

Times Higher Education John Ross It is unfair and unreasonable to be stuck in limbo for more than a year to get a 3.5 temporary visa. My wait is 9 months!! Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP Senator Penny Wong Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 UQ News @LinEvlin SBS News

Clément Canonne (on Blue🦋Sky) John Ross Dear Professor Canonne, thank you for your continuous support. I am an enrolled PhD in USYD, and I am going to suspend my enrollment. I’m so sad that I couldn't see the USYD and enjoy my hard work’s result. I’m deeply sad and hopeless. Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

Leila John Ross Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Really sorry to hear that. This is deeply upsetting, and a clear failure of our governmental and academic systems.

Waiting game resumes for Australia-bound PhDs timeshighereducation.com/news/waiting-g… via Times Higher Education I'm a PhD hopeful who has been stuck in visa limbo for 10 months. The delay is ruining my dreams and well-being. Please hear our voices. We deserve your attention and action.

Natalie Osborne Dear Natalie Osborne, thank you so much for your support. I have been living in limbo for 18 months, and I have no idea how long it may take to get my visa. It is so unfair. Jason Clare MP Andrew Giles MP Clare O'Neil MP Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

Clément Canonne (on Blue🦋Sky) John Ross Thank you so much for your support. I have been waiting for my student visa for 18 months and may lose my scholarship. I wish Aus gov knew how hard it is to be stuck in limbo.

Clément Canonne (on Blue🦋Sky) John Ross Dear Professor Canonne, thank you for your constant support. I think 551 days would be more than enough that my visa to be finalized. It's unclear how long I have to wait BUT it's clear that I will lose my scholarship soon. Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

PhD candidates are a valuable asset! Australian Government Don't waste them on pointless bureaucratic struggles. This seems to be a definite lose-lose situation!

“Waiting game resumes for Australia-bound PhDs” Report by John Ross for Times Higher Education. 100 Iranian PhD students who have received scholarships from prestigious Australian Universities have been in limbo +12 months. Unbelievable Clare O'Neil MP timeshighereducation.com/news/waiting-g…

John Ross Andrew Giles MP Clare O'Neil MP Senator Penny Wong Australian Government Jason Clare MP your claims of supporting the visa system and reducing processing time to 12 days contradict the extension of global processing time > 500 days!Dont ignore Iranian PhD students dilemma. Match your words with actions.

John Ross 📣 Urgent: International Ph.D. students facing prolonged visa delays in Australia. I'm Arezoo Mirzaeias,and I won a fully funded admission to Monash Materials Monash University. It's been>580 days, and my student visa is still pending. Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 Clare O'Neil MP Andrew Giles MP Jason Clare MP

Natalie Osborne Dear Natalie Osborne, thank you so much for your support. We have been waiting for a long time for a temporary student visa. Personally, I'm on the edge of losing my full scholarship UNSW for which I have made a lot of efforts.

Rana Dadpour John Ross Times Higher Education Clare O'Neil MP Thank you so much for your support. I have been stuck in limbo for 18 MONTHS, and the only feedback I have received is that some applications take longer to be finalised! How much longer? Years? Jason Clare MP Andrew Giles MP Clare O'Neil MP Senator Penny Wong

Tylor Times Higher Education John Ross @Genevieve132 @tomdoig Anthony Herbert Matt Holden Thank you for your support. No one can understand us, each day while we’re waiting for our visas, we’re suffering from mental health. Our future isn't clear. Australian Government should finalize our visas either reject or grant but please finalize. We need to plan for our life. Anthony Albanese Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

@Genevieve132 Times Higher Education Australian Government you destroyed the Golden years of our lives by putting us in limbo. The world will not forget your treatment with international talents. I’m USYD’s PhD student, who never could see her university. Andrew Giles MP Anthony Albanese Clare O'Neil MP Senator Penny Wong Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 #Go8

@Genevieve132 Times Higher Education Thank you for your kindness. I can’t tell how much I’m sad, I’m deeply sad😞 I tried hard to get and keep this position in USYD and now I have to suspend my enrollment after 1 year. 😓 Australian Government Anthony Albanese Andrew Giles MP Clare O'Neil MP Senator Penny Wong Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺