Student Visa
With this visa
- Participate in an eligible course of study
- Bring family members to Australia with you
- Apply online in or outside Australia
- Maximum 5 year stay in one visa.
Eligibility Criteria
You must
- Be enrolled in a course of study in Australia
- Hold Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), or fall in one of the exemption categories
- Must be 6 years or older
- Prove you have a welfare arrangement, if you are under 18
- If in Australia hold an eligible substantive visa. See, ‘Have this Visa if applying while in Australia” in Eligibility Tab.
- Show financial capacity
How to count funds requirements for a student visa.
You need to show
- 12 month stay expense AUD 21,041 in Australia
- 12 month course fee (if 6 month paid only 6 months)
- Travel expense (2000 AUD) Approx.
- If adding spouse AUD7,362
- If adding dependent Child AUD 3,152
- If dependent student is school aged then AUD 8,296 for 12 months.
Second way to show
Primary applicant’s parent, spouse or de facto partner has a personal annual income, in the 12 months immediately before the application is made, that is:
- If single: AUD 62,222; or
- If including family at least AUD72,592.
What are accepted to show the funds
The following forms of evidence of financial capacity are specified:
(a) Money deposit with a financial institution;
(b) Loan with a financial institution;
(c) Government loans
.