STUDENT VISA
The purpose of the Student visa is to allow international students to undertake full-time education and training in Australia. This visa enables a student to stay in Australia for the duration of the relevant course. The student must enrol, or in some cases have a letter of offer, with an Australian education provider before lodging a visa application.
Find out all you need to know about the subclass 500 visa, processing time, eligibility and estimated fees.
Student visa Australia (subclass 500)
The Student visa (subclass 500) allows you to remain in Australia for up to 5 years for the purpose of full-time study at an educational institution, in line with your enrolment.
WITH THIS VISA YOU CAN:
- take part in an eligible course of study
- include your family members in your application (your partner or you and your partner’s dependent child.
- apply online in or outside Australia
- work up to 40 hours every 2-week period once your course starts.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE STUDENT VISA 500?
- you must be 6 years or older
- provide a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) at a full-time course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and courses for Overseas Students, CRICOS
- show evidence of your English language skills
- you and your family members must be covered by Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) from an approved Australian health insurance provider for the length of your stay in Australia
- If you’re under 18 years of age, you must have adequate welfare arrangements in place while you are in Australia
- meet health and character requirements
- have enough money to fund your stay and studies
- You must also fulfill the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) requirement to secure a student visa in Australia.
GTE REQUIREMENT
As part of your student visa application the department will assess to see if you are genuinely going to stay in Australia temporarily (Genuine Temporary Entrant).
In order to prove this, we need evidence such as:
- statement of purpose
- evidence of your/your family economic circumstances in home country (this is very important, you can show your family’s financial situation in home country by bank accounts, whether they have a business, house, etc.)
- ties to your home country (evidence of financial and personal ties to your home country, such as evidence of assets in home country consistent with your family background, family or social ties that would provide sufficient inducement for them to return to home country at the end of your studies). Please provide a list of your family members and other social ties (friends, previous co-workers, etc.)
- evidence of past study (we have your accounting diploma)
- work experience (we do not have any work experience evidence) – Please provide evidence of employment for at least the previous
- 12 months, evidence of an offer of employment upon your return home, tax returns or financial statements
- letter from your employer or statement from the applicant attesting to a need by the applicant for (improved) skills for the purposes of their employment or career prospects
- evidence of a range of professional or academic outcomes supporting the need for a new career direction.
WORKING RIGHTS ON STUDENT VISA 500.
The student visa 500 allows you to work up to 20 hours per week or 40 hours fortnightly. You would be allowed to start your part-time work once the course starts. However, international students enrolled in ACT public schools can work 10 hours maximum during the academic school year.