Government of Maharashtra · Maha Study Abroad
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Work after study
If you apply for the Graduate visa on or before 31 December 2026, you get two years. From 1 January 2027, most graduates get 18 months. A one-year master’s starting in September 2026 usually falls into the shorter window.
After study · United Kingdom · 27 Aug 2026 · UK Home Office · 5 min
Country and visa
IRCC plans up to 408,000 study permits in 2026. Master’s and PhD students at public colleges and universities do not need a provincial attestation letter. Most undergraduate files in Ontario and British Columbia still do.
Visa · Canada · 27 Aug 2026 · IRCC · 5 min
Country and visa
Ministerial Direction 115 replaced MD111 on 14 November 2025. It is a processing queue, not a visa ban. Your Genuine Student answers and your university’s place in the queue decide how fast a Subclass 500 moves.
Visa · Australia · 26 Aug 2026 · Department of Home Affairs · 5 min
Work after study
Section 20 of the Residence Act gives 18 months to find a job, with full work rights, after you graduate in Germany. The Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte) is a different, weaker visa for people who did not study there.
After study · Germany · 26 Aug 2026 · Make it in Germany · 4 min
Country and visa
You get 12 months of Optional Practical Training after you graduate, plus 24 more months if your course is on the STEM list. Then you enter the H-1B lottery. The structure is intact. The queue is not 2019.
Visa · United States · 25 Aug 2026 · USCIS · 5 min
Student life
Stamp 1G lets a master’s graduate work full-time for up to 24 months without a job offer. The Critical Skills permit is how you stay after that. Finding a room in Dublin is the unadvertised exam.
Life · Ireland · 25 Aug 2026 · Irish Immigration · 4 min
Jobs and growth
TU Delft and Eindhoven feed ASML and the semiconductor chain. The orientation-year visa is short. The industry sitting next door is not.
Jobs · Netherlands · 24 Aug 2026 · IND Netherlands · 4 min
Country deals
Skills, researchers and students are in the official agreement. APS, blocked-account money and German language are still on your form.
Deals · Germany · 24 Aug 2026 · MEA / German Federal Foreign Office · 4 min
Safety
Physical safety is high on most QS campuses. Discrimination in renting is the more common wound. Street incidents cluster. They do not define a whole country.
Safety · 23 Aug 2026 · MEA MADAD / student reports · 6 min
Cost and value
Same student, same subject, three invoices. The payback is not the QS number. It is fees, how long you can stay and work, and whether the job needs a lottery.
Cost · 27 Aug 2026 · Desk cost model + official visa rules · 6 min
Work after study
Four hours from Mumbai, two universities in the global top 20, and a job market that only opens with an Employment Pass.
After study · Singapore · 22 Aug 2026 · MOM Singapore · 4 min
Work after study
The IANG visa sits on top of three universities that regularly outrank most of Europe. Read the political climate as well as the ranking table.
After study · Hong Kong SAR · 22 Aug 2026 · Hong Kong Immigration Department · 4 min
Student reviews and jobs
A high employment score at MIT, ETH, TUM, NUS or Imperial is not the same thing as a QS 410 campus with a good Instagram page.
Reviews · 21 Aug 2026 · QS World University Rankings · 5 min
Country and visa
Public tuition can still be a few lakhs. A job-search residence after a master’s is real. The Études en France file is still the file.
Visa · France · 21 Aug 2026 · Campus France · 4 min
Country deals
The India–UAE partnership is putting real Indian brands into the Gulf. Read who awards the degree. A four-hour flight is not a scholarship.
Deals · United Arab Emirates · 20 Aug 2026 · IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi · 4 min
Work after study
Aalto and the University of Helsinki, a digital permit process, and a longer hunt than Sweden. December darkness is the other requirement.
After study · Finland · 20 Aug 2026 · Finnish Immigration Service · 3 min
Place and climate
The University of Auckland still carries the QS flag. The job market is small. The outdoors are not a metaphor.
Place · New Zealand · 19 Aug 2026 · Immigration New Zealand · 3 min
Cost and value
Income-banded public tuition, a real industrial city, and a residence permit that rewards students who stay organised.
Cost · Italy · 19 Aug 2026 · Politecnico di Milano · 3 min
Country and visa
The live advisory strip is the Government of India talking. We repeat it on every country page.
Visa · 27 Aug 2026 · Ministry of External Affairs · 3 min
Student life
Dublin, Amsterdam, Munich, Toronto, Sydney and Boston have the same subplot: the offer letter is not a bed.
Life · 18 Aug 2026 · University housing offices · 4 min
Student reviews and jobs
Three strong employers, three continents, three different stay-back stories. None of them is a last-round backup.
Reviews · 27 Aug 2026 · University newsrooms · 3 min
Place and climate
Twelve months to find a job, serious engineering, and a dark season you should budget for.
Place · Sweden · 17 Aug 2026 · Swedish Migration Agency · 3 min
Cost and value
Monash, Nottingham, Southampton and Universiti Malaya are not the same legal object. English, food and rent are the features. Permanent residency is not.
Cost · Malaysia · 16 Aug 2026 · EMGS · 3 min
Work after study
Copenhagen and DTU are not cheap. They are longer than Sweden and more specialised than a UK one-year MSc. Danish still decides the job.
After study · Denmark · 27 Aug 2026 · SIRI Denmark · 4 min
Cost and value
China puts 71 universities in the QS top 1000. There is no open post-study work visa. Tsinghua is not a backup for a weak UK MSc.
Cost · China · 26 Aug 2026 · CSC / Campus China · 4 min
Student reviews and jobs
A visa rule, a work-after-study clock, a housing market, a safety warning, a deal that changes seats. Everything else is a press release we skip.
Reviews · 27 Aug 2026 · Maha Study Abroad News · 4 min