Student Visa for Australia

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Basic Requirements

As a visa applicant, you must fulfill the following requirements:

An Offer of Acceptance : Before a student can apply for a student visa, a valid offer letter from a CRICOS registered Australian institute is required.

English Proficiency : An IELTS score is a mandatory requirement and evidence of this must be included at the time of application for the student visa. The TOEFL exam is not accepted.

Financial Capacity : Student visas are granted when a student can prove that they have adequate funds to support themselves in Australia , pay for their tuition and care for dependant family members included on the visa.

Work Permit Rules : As a student in Australia , you will only have a limited working allowance on your visa. Therefore adequate funding to pay for living expenses and tuition are important and must be evidenced to gain the visa. If you take time off from study to work, you will fall below full-time study levels, exceed your work allowance on the visa, or will fail academically. Any of these things can lead to visa cancellation.

Bonafides : The student needs to submit their past academic records for verification as well as a statement of purpose for undertaking the desired course.

Health Cover : Because Medicare, the Australian national health system, is not available to overseas students, you must maintain your Overseas Student Health (OSHC) cover while in Australia

Non-Immigrant Intent : You must leave Australia before your visa expires.

Good Character : Other requirements are that you be a genuine student, have good health and be of good character-without a criminal record.

Student Visa condition

1) You must satisfy attendance and course requirements and maintain a valid enrolment for     your course you must not work unless.

2) You have been granted permission to do so , you must maintain your Overseas Student     Health (OSHC) cover while in Australia.

3) You must leave Australia before your visa expires.

4) You must remain with the education provider you originally enrolled with for  the first six     months of your course or, if the course is less than six months, for the duration of your     course.

5) You must advise your education provider of your residential address within seven days     of  your arrival in Australia and must advise any changes of address within seven days.

6) If you change education provider you must inform your current education provider within     seven days of issue of an eCoE.

7) If you are an unaccompanied student applicant under 18 years of age you must obtain     written approval of your education provider before you change your address, support and     welfare arrangements in Australia.

Can I switch to work permit employment when I am in the Australia?

        As per the Australian visa policy, all initial student visas granted do not give the holder permission to work in Australia . Students and their dependants will only be able to apply for a student visa with work rights after they arrive in Australia and the student has commenced their course of study. The charge is $55. Generally, students and their dependants are limited to 20 hours of work per week while the student's course of study or training is in session. Students may work full-time during holiday periods. Dependents of subclass 574 masters and doctorate students have unlimited work rights after the principal student visa holder has commenced his or her course in Australia.