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Winter trends signal uptick in overseas studies for Indian students in 2022

Relaxation in visa norms by certain host countries such as Germany to push up the number of scholars headed abroad

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International education accounts for more than 40 billion Australian dollars (AUD) to its economy, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
If the recent winter semester trends are anything to go by, overseas education for Indian students might see an uptick in 2022 compared to the last couple of years.

The number of applications and visa issuances have already begun rising since the Fall 2021 intake of the July-October period, after a whitewash in the pandemic year of 2020.

"With the Covid fear still prevailing, almost one-third students had deferred their admissions from Fall 2021 to January 2022. However, there hasn't been any deferment for the January 2022 intake which is a big change. We have already seen 20 times growth

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