Student Visa
Migration Agent Melbourne · Student Visa · 500 · To Legal with 20+ years of experience helping students coming to Australia to study.
Overall, Australia’s education as a whole is ranked in the top 10 countries in the world. Therefore, people all around the world tend to see Australia as a country of destination for education. Hence, the Australian Student visa is a very popular visa option for overseas people.
Basic Eligibility
In general, the main requirements of the Student visa include:
- English level
- Genuine temporary entrant
- Financial capacity
Firstly, the applicant may need to satisfy the English requirement unless an exemption applies. To satisfy this English requirement, the applicant will need to obtain the following English overall band score:
- An IELTS test score of 6
- Students undertaking university pathway programs with English language training will be IELTS 5.5
- Students undertaking a packaged ELICOS with an IELTS of 5
The applicant must have taken the English language test in the two years before making the visa application.
Secondly, the applicant needs to show he or she is a genuine temporary entrant or a genuine visitor.
Furthermore, the applicant needs to provide a statement to address his or her personal situation for choosing the proposed study in Australia. The following information will also be required:
- Details of previous study and any gaps in study
- Current employment
- Qualifications completed
- Ties to home country
- Economic situation in home country or country of residence
- Employment in a third country
- Potential situation in Australia
- Value of the course in the future
- Immigration history
Thirdly, for financial capacity, the applicant must show evidence of enough funds to cover:
- travel costs
- 12 months of your course fees for the applicant and any accompanying family members and school costs for any school aged dependents
- 12 months of living costs for the applicant $29,710 (student) plus dependents $10,394 (partner) and $AUD4,449 (child, if applicable)
Alternative to the financial capacity, evidence that any spouse or the parents are willing to provide support and have an annual income of at least $AUD87,856 for single students or at least $102,500.
Contact Migration Agent Melbourne for assistance with the Student visa and subsequent, General Skilled Migration.
Student Visa
| Student visa (500) Base application charge Additional application charge (18 and over) Additional application charge (under 18) | $710 $530 $175 |