You must uphold your visa conditions while studying and living in Australia or your visa may be cancelled and you may have to leave Australia.

• You must remain enrolled in a course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS). You must maintain satisfactory attendance in your course as required by your education provider. Also, you must make satisfactory course progress for each study period.
• If you want to change your level of qualification, you will need to apply for a new student visa because your visa subclass will change.
• You must advise your education provider of your home address within seven days of arriving in Australia. Also, if you change your address during your stay in Australia, you must advise your education provider within seven days.
• you cannot apply to stay in Australia beyond the date specified on your visa, except in extremely limited circumstances.
• If you are under 18 years of age you must maintain your accommodation, support and general welfare arrangements for the duration of your visa or until you turn 18. If your welfare arrangements change after your visa has been granted you must inform the department of these changes.
• You must maintain enough money to pay for travel, tuition and living expenses for yourself, your partner and your dependent children for the duration of your stay in Australia.
• Any family members of school age (between 5 and 18 years) living in Australia must attend school in Australia.
• You must maintain health insurance for you and your family members while in Australia.

Your family members must:

• remain a member of your family for the duration of their stay in Australia
• have adequate financial support
• maintain adequate health cover
• work no more than 20 hours per week unless you have commenced a postgraduate degree (Masters or PhD), in which case your dependent family members can work full time
• not work before you have commenced the course
• attend school if they are of school age.

This visa is designed for international students applying to study in Australia and whose main course of study is one of the following:

• Bachelor degree
• associate degree
• graduate certificate
• graduate diploma
• Masters by coursework.

1. Who is this visa for?

This visa is for you if you want to do one of the following:

• apply for your first student visa
• renew your student visa
• apply to join a family member who is in Australia on a student visa.

2. What does the visa let me do?

With this visa:

• you can study in Australia
• eligible dependant family members can accompany you to Australia
• when you have commenced your course of study in Australia, you can work up to 20 hours per week while your course is in session and unlimited hours during scheduled course breaks.
• your family members can work up to 20 hours per week provided you have commenced your course of study in Australia. If you are doing a postgraduate course, such as a Masters degree, your family members can work unlimited hours once you commence this course.
  Note: If you have been granted Student visa before 26 April 2008 you and your dependent family members may need to apply separately for Permission to Work.
• your partner can study in Australia for up to three months.
  Note: If your partner wants to study for more than three months they must apply for
• their own student visa. The application can be made in Australia.

3. What is your assessment level?

Your assessment level is determined by your nationality and course of study.

4. Eligbility

5. Obligation

For further information please contact us

Professional Fee for this application is $TBA, as well as an additional Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) fee of $TBA.