Study NT, the Northern Territory Government’s international-education arm, will run a free online webinar at 10:00 am ACST on 23 October 2026 to unpack the raft of student-visa reforms that took effect earlier this month. Representatives from Migration NT and the Department of Home Affairs will brief current and prospective students on the new restrictions that limit onshore subclass 500 applications and bar most dependants. For education providers and employers who sponsor graduates, the session offers first-hand explanations of exemption categories, evidence requirements and transitional provisions. A live Q&A will allow students to raise concerns about course transfers, work-hour limits and potential pathways to post-study work visas. The NT’s proactive outreach highlights how states and territories are scrambling to maintain international-student confidence following the federal government’s integrity crackdown. Institutions that rely heavily on enrolments from South-East Asia and South Asia can point students to the webinar recording as an authoritative source, reducing misinformation that has proliferated on social media since 2 October. Mobility teams that support graduate programs should monitor the session for clarity on how the reforms interact with the Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) rules and state nomination criteria for skilled migration.
Source: Study NT
