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The claim

Australian government has banned Indian students from Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar from enrolling in Australian universities due to concerns over visa fraud and document forgery.

Original publisher’s rating

MISLEADING

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the Australian government did not impose a ban on students from specific Indian states. Some universities independently paused or restricted recruitment in 2023, and later lifted those restrictions.[S1]

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  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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