Vocational students can get quick visas

More international students will find it easy to get visas as the government extends a streamlined process to advanced diploma courses.

Education Minister Christopher Pyne hopes expanding the scheme will build on the trend of increasing numbers of international students choosing to study in Australia.

Low immigration-risk higher education providers will be able to offer the streamlined visa processing to advanced diploma students from early 2015.

At the moment, international students in bachelor, masters or doctoral degrees or on eligible exchange programs can get visas quickly.