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Joel Noronho has spent over 20 years advising students on study in Australia and New Zealand. A large proportion of the students he works with are thinking about permanent residency from the outset. For students from Nepal, Australia and New Zealand represent two of the most accessible skilled migration pathways available, and Joel's knowledge of both is built from two decades of advising students through exactly that process.
That means Joel spends a lot of time explaining things that standard course guides do not cover. How the ANZSCO code for a particular occupation affects post-study work eligibility, which courses on the Core Skills Occupation List are currently most viable for students from Nepal, and how changes to the points test affect the value of a degree from a regional university versus a capital city institution. These are the details that matter when the goal is not just a degree but a long-term future in Australia or New Zealand.
Joel writes about Australian and New Zealand universities the way a counsellor who has seen hundreds of post-graduation outcomes would, with an honest assessment of which pathways tend to work for Nepali students and which ones look better in the brochure than they do in practice. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is based at AECC's offices in South India.
