Gippsland student gains permanent residency
Fellow Year 3B student, Willian Bay, congratulates Steve Xu on his permanent residency.
Gippsland Year 3B student Steve Xu had some good news recently, having been granted permanent residency in Australia some three years after first applying.
Steve is now looking to become a true blue Aussie in about 12 months when he can gain citizenship.
Steve came to Australia some 11 years ago as an international student to complete his Year 10 studies. He did very well at secondary school, gaining entry to the Australian National University and completing a Bachelor of Biomedicine with honours.
Steve spent two years working full time and in 2010 applied for permanent residency, with his application approved just last month.
In 2012 he was accepted into Medicine at the Gippsland Medical School and this year is studying at the West Gippsland campus of the Gippsland Regional Clinical School.
Steve is very pleased he can stay in Australia to practice medicine. We also know he would be more than welcome to remain in Gippsland! He has completed the majority of his training in the region while working part time for Gippsland Pathology.