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STUDENT VISA
(SUBCLASS 500)
Student Visa
(subclass 500)
TEMPORARY GRADUATE VISA
(subclass 485)
TEMPORARY GRADUATE VISA
(subclass 485)
500 Student Visa
Student Visa
(subclass 500)
500 Student Visa
Student Visa
(subclass 500)
485 Temporary
Graduate Visa
Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485)
485 Temporary
Graduate Visa
Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485)
What does the Student Visa allow me to do?
- Participate in an eligible course of study in Australia
- Travel in and out of Australia
- Work up to 40 hours; every 2-week period once your course starts
- Include family members in the visa application.
REFUGEES
You may be eligible to make a refugee claim in Canada if you:
- Are currently in Canada.
- Are not subject to a removal order.
In order to be referred to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) for consideration, your refugee claim must not fall under any of the following categories:
You are recognized as a Convention refugee by another country that you can return to
- You have been granted protected person status in Canada.
- You arrived in Canada via the Canada-United States border.
- You have made a refugee claim in another country, as confirmed through
information-sharing. - You are not admissible to Canada on security grounds or because of criminal activity or
human rights violations. - You have made a previous refugee claim that was not found eligible.
- You have made a previous refugee claim that was rejected by the IRB.
- You have abandoned or withdrew a previous refugee claim.
If your claim is referred to the IRB, they will determine whether you are a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection. Convention refugees are individuals who are outside of their home country or the country they normally reside in, and are unable to return due to a
well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or being part of a social group (such as women or people of a particular sexual orientation). A person in need of protection is someone in Canada who cannot safely return to their home country due to the risk of torture, danger to their life, or risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, people seeking to make a refugee claim must do so in the first safe country they arrive in. This means that if you enter Canada from the United States at a land part of entry, you are not eligible to make a refugee claim in Canada. There are certain exceptions to this rule, such as if you have family in Canada.
REQUIREMENTS
- You must be enrolled in a full-time course registered on the (CRICOS) and provide a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) for each course of study with your visa application
- Show proficiency in the English language by securing a satisfactory test score in an approved language test
- Maintain adequate health insurance for the whole of your stay in Australia
- Meet our character requirement
- Meet certain health requirements by undergoing a health assessment
- Have sufficient funds to cover living costs, course tuition fees and travel expenses for the stay in Australia
- Fulfil the Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) and intend to return home after studying in Australia
Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485)
You’ve graduated but now want to work, live, and play in Australia.
The Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485) is a temporary visa that allows international graduates in Australia to live, work or continue studies after they have finished their course.
- There is a temporary relief on Graduate visas and Replacement visas.
Applicants for the new SC 485 Replacement stream can apply from inside or outside Australia starting 1 July 2022.
Current and former Temporary Graduate visa holders who lost time in Australia due to COVID-19 travel restrictions can get another SC 485 visa of the same duration as their original visa if they:
• were outside Australia when the original SC 485 visa was granted and entered Australia on the original visa before 15 December 2021, departed Australia after this entry but before 15 December 2021 while holding the original visa,
or
• were in Australia when the original SC 485 visa was granted and were outside Australia at any time between 1 February 2020 and 14 December 2021 while holding the original visa.
If the primary visa holder is eligible, secondary visa holders who were granted visas on the basis of being the member of the family unit of the primary visa holder will also be eligible for the Replacement stream.
- Second Post Study and Replacement Stream Visas
Holders of SC 485 Post Study stream visas who were required to live in regional areas for the grant of a second SC 485 and were disrupted by the COVID arrangements, may now meet this requirement if they have studied on a student visa and lived on their Replacement stream SC 485 visa in a regional area.
This Instrument applies to applications for SC 485 visas made on or after 1 July 2022.
Requirements
GRADUATE WORK STREAM
- Be under 50 years of age
- Have held a student visa in the last six months
- Completed a minimum of 2 academic years of study on a student visa
- Have a qualification relevant to an occupation on the skilled occupation list
- Nominated a skilled occupation from Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)
- Provide evidence of Skills Assessment on the nominated skilled occupation
- Provide English Language evidence
- Provide evidence of adequate health insurance for all applicants
- Provide evidence you have applied for an AFP check
POST-STUDY WORK STREAM
- Be under 50 years of age
- Have applied for and been granted your first student visa on or after 5 November 2011
- Have held a student visa in the last six months
- Have a recent degree in a CRICOS-registered course
- Provide evidence of adequate health insurance for all applicants when you apply
- Provide evidence you have applied for an AFP check when you apply
- Provide English Language evidence
SECOND POST-STUDY WORK STREAM
- Be under 50 years of age
- Hold a Temporary Graduate visa in the post-study work stream as the principal applicant
- Have a recent degree from an education institution based in an eligible designated regional area that led to your first Temporary Graduate visa grant in the post-study workstream
- Have lived in an eligible designated regional area for at least two years
- Have evidence of adequate health insurance for all applicants when you apply
The Process to permanent residency through the
STEPS TO APPLY FOR A STUDENT VISA
Enrolment
Application
Received Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) from the Education Provider.
The education provider will do its own GTE assessment. If the student passes the assessment, they will receive a letter of offer. Pay the Tuition fee to the Institute to receive the CoE.
$3,000-Direct Entry Stream.
Visa
Application
Approval of the individual to enter and remain in Australia for purpose of full-time study.
Once the applicant has the CoE and Insurance OSHC covering the period of study, confirm that applicant meets the English Financial and GTE criteria to be granted a student visa.
$3,000-Direct Entry Stream.
PRICES INDICATED ARE TO BE USED AS A GUIDE ONLY.
- A fee estimate will be issued following an assessment of your individual circumstances.
- All fees will be agreed to in writing before proceeding.
- Government fees and charges plus other third party costs for medicals and other assessments will apply.
