Studying, visitor and working visas

You must:

• be at least six years of age
• have been accepted to study at an educational institution in Australia
• have health insurance.

If you are under 18, you must have organised appropriate welfare arrangements for the duration of your intended stay in Australia.

If you are applying from outside Australia, you must include a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) for each intended course of study with your visa application. A letter of offer from your education provider will not be accepted.

You need to have enough money that is genuinely available to you, to pay for your course fees, and travel and living costs for you and your accompanying family members while you are in Australia.

You might need to provide evidence of your financial capacity with your visa application.

To be eligible, you must:

• be the student’s parent, legal guardian or relative
• have enough money to support yourself and the student during your stay
• be able to provide accommodation and other support
• be at least 21 years of age.

You can only bring children under 6 with you; for children of 6 or older, they must apply for their own student visa.

For PRC passport holders, they may be eligible for the Visitor Visa (subclass 600) Frequent Traveller stream visa which has a validity period of up to 10 years.

To apply, you must hold an eligible passport. The eligible passports include those issued by most European countries, Canada, US, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, HK SAR and Taiwan.

To be eligible, you must:

• be under 50 years of age
• hold an eligible visa
• have a recent qualification in a CRICOS-registered course
• meet additional requirements of the relevant stream

The qualification must either:

• relate to an occupation on the skilled occupation list (Graduate Work stream)
• be a higher education degree (Post-Study Work stream)

You must hold an eligible visa to apply for this visa as the primary applicant, and you can only access this visa once as a primary applicant.

The TSS visa is comprised of two streams: short-term stream for those whose occupation is on the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL), and medium-term stream for those whose occupation is on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or Regional Occupation List (ROL). A short-term stream TSS visa is valid for up to 2 years and can be extended once; while a medium-term stream TSS visa is valid for up to 4 years, and the visa holders can apply for permanent residency through subclass 186/187 visas after holding the visa for 3 years.

To be eligible, you must:

• be sponsored by an approved business
• have the required skills to fill a position nominated by an approved business.