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Attention:
All information in this topic are to be taken as
a guide only and may be outdated. The Department
of Immigration of Australia, constantly modify
and update the rules for most types of Visas.
For actual and correct information, please
consult the official
website of the Department of Immigration.
Student Visa to Australia - Is
needed if a person is coming to study in
Australia for a period of more than 90 days it
doesn't matter what type of course. If the
course is shorter than that, this Visa is not
necessary, and a simple tourist Visa will do.
The first step to get a Student Visa is to get a
Letter of offer (COE) from the educational
institution the student is about to enrol.
(Note: The institution must be registered with
the government to teach international students,
in other words, the school must have a CRICOS
number). The second step and one of the most
important is to supply the Immigration
Department with enough evidences that the
student can face the costs of the school, plus
the cost of living for the period that he/she
intend to study. As a base, you need beside the
money to pay for the course, a minimum of AU$
18.000 (2010) to cover accommodation, food, and
transport while in Australia. This evidence of
financial support can be demonstrated by the
student, or by a relative paying for your
studies.
Also a Student Visa allows the Student
to work part-time legally in Australia (20 hour
per week during studying weeks, and 40 hour per
week during the breaks and holiday periods).
This concession from the Immigration Department
is made to help the Student to have a pocket
money for some needs. A student Visa alone does
not give the right to work as mentioned above.
Only after the Student starts the first day of
school is that he/she can go to the Immigration
Department to get a working permit. Another
restriction of the Student Visa is that your
presence in the classes are strictly controlled,
and failing to attend at least 80% of the
classes will incur in the cancellation of your
Visa and you will to go back home loosing all
monies paid.
Note 1: In case the Visa is denied, the applicant has
the right to receive the money paid to the
school back, less the enrolment fee. The receipt
of payment issued by the school is called COE
(confirmation of Enrolment), and this COE is
requested by the Immigration to issue a Student
Visa.
Note 2: The duration of the Visa is the same as the
duration of the course. Lets suppose you have
paid one year of studies, which was approved by
the Immigration. So, you'll have 12 months of
Visa plus 1 extra month to do tourism after you
finish studding.
- Example 1: The person enrol in a course with duration of 9 months but the
school accepts payment every 3 months or so. The
Visa will cover the entire 9 months except if you
fail later to complete one of the payments you
still own to the course.
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Example 2: The person intent is to study English for 3
months, and after that do a Vocational or Tertiary
course of two years of duration. Ok, if you doing
that in the same institution, the COE probably
will cover the entire period. If in deferent
institutions (without agreement) you will have to
get two COE, and the total length of the Visa
probably will be the duration of the two courses
together.
Nota 3:
In
both cases above if the student fails to pay the
instalment of the course, the Visa is immediately
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Besides the COE solicited by
the Immigration, The government of Australia
also requires that you get a Health Insurance
that covers the period you'll be studding. The
schools usually offer this insurance by the time
you apply for the COE, or you can do privately
and show the policy to the Immigration.
How to apply for a
Student Visa: The first step is to choose the course, the
educational institution and the city you would
like to study. Once you make sure it is what you
want, the second step is to do the enrolment and
receive the COE. Now, fill up the form to apply
for the Student Visa, not forgetting to annexe
all necessary documentation required, e.g.: COE,
financial statement, medical certificate,
vaccinations (if required for your country of
origin), the CRICOS number of the course,
Starting and End dates of the course, 3 photos
5x7 cm, receipt of payment for the Visa cost
itself, and the form, without errors. Usually
the Visa takes about 30 days or less to be
issued depending on how busy the Immigration
Staff are.
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They
will decide in a chess game who is going to pay for
the course and the cost of a Student Visa to Australia
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