Student Visa – (Subclass 500)

Student Visa

With this visa

• Participate in an eligible course of study
• Bring family members to Australia with you
• Apply online in or outside Australia
• Maximum 5 year stay in one visa.
• work up to 48 hours a fortnight when your course of study or training is in session (students studying a masters by research or doctoral degree, and their families, have no work limit).

Eligibility Criteria

You must

• Be enrolled in a course of study in Australia
• Hold Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), or fall in one of the exemption categories
• Must be 6 years or older
• Prove you have a welfare arrangement, if you are under 18
• If in Australia hold an eligible substantive visa.
• Show financial capacity

Include family

You can include family members when you lodge your visa application. For Student visas, your family member is:

• your partner, or
• your or your partner’s dependent child who is unmarried and has not turned 18 years of age.

What are accepted to show the funds?

• Money deposit with a financial institution
• Loan with a financial institution
• Government

Travel

• You can travel outside Australia and return as many times as you want while the visa is valid.
• The time you spend outside Australia does not extend the visa.