If you’re choosing a course with Australian permanent residency in mind, this episode is for you.

Australian migration lawyer Johnny Kong reviews a range of popular migration-focused study options and ranks them based on how difficult PR pathways have become in 2026.

Many degrees remain popular — but no longer offer a clear or direct route to permanent residency.

This discussion focuses on the harder side of PR planning:

courses that are increasingly dependent on employer sponsorship (482 → 186 / 494), higher points thresholds, or more complex and competitive state nomination outcomes.

What’s covered:

• Psychology, architecture and other long-study professions with high migration barriers

• Hospitality and cookery: oversupply versus the reality of sponsorship pathways

• Accounting and social work — what still works, and where limitations now exist

• Why “popular courses” no longer mean “easier PR” in 2026

This is not about discouraging study choices.

It’s about understanding migration difficulty early, so planning can be realistic and costly detours can be avoided.

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