Data source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0015 student visa grant rates, financial year 2026-27 to 31 August 2026, published on data.gov.au in September 2026. This is data reporting only, not migration advice.
Offshore student visa decisions for primary applicants totalled 30,467 in July and August 2026, the first two months of the 2026-27 financial year. Three countries made up half of them. China had 8,357 decisions, India 4,263 and Nepal 2,776. Together that is 15,396 decisions, or 50.5% of the total.
The ten countries with the most decisions accounted for 21,821 decisions, or 71.6% of the total. The data covers 143 citizenship countries.
Top 10 countries by offshore decisions, July and August 2026
| Rank | Country | Decisions | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 8,357 | 7,700 | 92.1% |
| 2 | India | 4,263 | 2,061 | 48.3% |
| 3 | Nepal | 2,776 | 364 | 13.1% |
| 4 | Indonesia | 1,341 | 1,081 | 80.6% |
| 5 | Kenya | 1,097 | 138 | 12.6% |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 1,005 | 261 | 26.0% |
| 7 | Philippines | 914 | 218 | 23.9% |
| 8 | Pakistan | 743 | 398 | 53.6% |
| 9 | Brazil | 674 | 518 | 76.9% |
| 10 | Vietnam | 651 | 560 | 86.0% |
The spread between the ten is wide. China's rate was 92.1% and Nepal's was 13.1%, a gap of 79.0 percentage points. Kenya's rate of 12.6% was the lowest of the ten, on 1,097 decisions. Sri Lanka (629 decisions, 70.0%) and South Korea (414 decisions, 93.0%) ranked 11th and 12th by volume.
Decided volume and grant rate did not move together. India and Nepal were second and third by volume, with rates of 48.3% and 13.1%. Indonesia was fourth by volume with a rate of 80.6%.
What this does not tell you
- It does not show change over time. This article reports July and August 2026 only. A same-months comparison with July and August 2025 is not included because that period is not in the dataset used here.
- Decisions are not applications lodged. A decision made in July or August may relate to an application lodged months earlier.
- A grant rate is not a measure of any one applicant's outcome. It describes the group decided in the period.
- The data does not give reasons for grants or refusals, and it does not show the mix of providers, courses or documents behind each rate.
- Two months is a short window. Rates on smaller volumes can move more from month to month.
Methodology
Source: Department of Home Affairs BP0015 student visa grant rates, financial year 2026-27 to 31 August 2026. Figures cover primary applicants lodged offshore, with decisions made in July and August 2026. Grant rate is total grants divided by total decisions. Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon are excluded. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.
Individual circumstances vary. This article is general information, not migration or legal advice. For guidance on a specific application, consult a MARA registered migration agent.
Pro compares grant rates and decided volumes for every country side by side.
Sources
- Department of Home Affairs, Student visas, BP0015 grant rates, data.gov.au: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/student-visas. Financial year 2026-27 to 31 August 2026. Data accessed via the StudyVisaHub production dataset.
StudyVisaHub is not a registered migration agent and does not provide immigration assistance. This article reports published Australian Government information and is general information only.