Despite Australia's borders opening to international students on Wednesday, thousands of skilled graduates who qualify to work in Australia are not being allowed back into the country until late next year.
Sapna Verma, whose Temporary Graduate visa has expired, feels the Australian government is not treating her fairly.An Indian national from Ludhiana, Punjab, Ms Verma wanted to study and work in Australia.
“I wanted to spend some time with my mother since she’s a single parent and most of the time she’s alone,” says Ms Verma, who travelled to India in March 2020.After nearly two years, Australia's borders are open to visa holders again “That’ll be a total of three years wasted of thousands of people’s lives and that’s not fair. It’s really frustrating because time is money and you only live once and imagine that someone steals three years of your life. That’s like a huge, huge deal,” Ms Verma says.