Agency: In a 12-month period from the July 2024 to June 2025, a total of 6,186 Bhutanese students and their dependents have availed themselves of student visas.This is the third highest ever number of visas granted compared to 15,552 visas in 2022-23 financial year and 9,787 visas in the 2023-24 financial year.
The fourth highest year is 2019-20 when 2,933 visas were granted.
The above data shows that while there is a decline in the numbers of students and dependents headed to Australia, however, the numbers are still above the pre-pandemic numbers.
A total of 8,891 Bhutanese students and dependents had applied for visas in 2024-25 financial year, showing that 2,705 applications were rejected.
However, a major difference in the 2024-25 FY data is that it contains the highest ever number of those who got visas while already in Australia.
2,168 of those who got the visas were already located in Australia which means that they are extending their stay there by taking other study courses.
