S Jaishankar Raises Visa Backlog Issue With Australian Authorities

S Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to Australia, said this on Tuesday during an address to the Indian community here.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that he took up with Australian authorities the issue of visa backlog, particularly related to students seeking to return to educational institutions in the country following the COVID pandemic, and was assured that the problem would be resolved by the year end.

Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to Australia, said this on Tuesday during an address to the Indian community here.

"And I want to tell you that it was something that I took up with different ministers when I was in Canberra. We have a particular problem that students are facing," he said.

The minister said that he was assured that the situation has improved and about 77,000 Indian students are back in Australia.