FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

A Student Visa (Subclass 500) is a type of visa that allows international students to study in Australia for a certain period. To apply for a Student Visa in Australia, you must first be accepted into a registered course of study at an Australian educational institution. Once you have been accepted, you can apply for a Student Visa online through the Department of Home Affairs website or you can let Ausgate handle this process for you (free of charge for our students). At Ausgate, we can help guide you through the process of finding the right course and institution for your needs, as well as assisting you with your Student Visa application because we work with a registered migration agent. Our team of experienced agents can help ensure that your application is complete and meets all the necessary requirements, helping to streamline the process and increase your chances of success. If you have any questions or need help with your Student Visa application, don't hesitate to contact us at Ausgate. We're here to help make your study abroad dreams a reality.

Approximately AUD 4,865 / P 180, 000

We offer free consultation with our expert education consultant, visa preparation guidance, job and accommodation guidance, genuine temporary entrant (GTE) Assistance and Free Melbourne Airport Pick-up

Free assistance to enroll, free assistance to process your visa, and free assistance to process your insurance.

Yes, you can book a free consultation if you have updated passport. Just click this link: Appointment: https://calendly.com/info-ausgate (https://calendly.com/info-ausgate )

University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, Australian National University, and University of Queensland.

You can apply directly through the university's website or use the Australian Government's official application portal.

Yes, international students on a valid student visa can work up to 40 hours per fortnight during the semester and full-time during breaks.

Yes, many Australian universities and the Australian government offer scholarships to international students.

•Update (July 2023): The Australian government has increased the price of a student visa application to $710 AUD from the 1st of July 2023. •The cost of your Australian student visa will be even higher if this will be your second or more onshore visa renewal. In that case, you will be charged an additional $700 fee - the Subsequent Temporary Application charge. If you are applying with your partner, the Department of Home Affairs will charge you an additional $530 + credit card fee to include them in your application. For more details, please contact us. Ausgate is not going to charge you any extra fees because our services are all free for all students who enroll in their courses with us.

To be able to apply for an Australian Student Visa, you will need to pay these three things: •Your course fees - usually the first term tuition fee + enrolment and material fees if applicable for your course •Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) •Student Visa application fees charged by the Department of Home Affairs Some students may also need to get their documents translated by an accredited translator or to complete a medical examination which incurs some additional fees.

•Once you've found your course, you are ready to proceed with the enrolment. Ausgate will guide you through this process and handle all the necessary communication with your school. No hard copies will be required, and you'll simply email your documents to your Ausgate agent. Submit your documents. •The school will typically require a scan of your previous education certificate (e.g. a high school diploma, a university degree...), the biographical page of your passport, and you'll also need to fill out a simple enrolment form. •Proof of English may also be required (IELTS or similar) from non-native English speakers. If you don't have one, don't worry, and just send us a message. We can recommend you a school with a free online English test. Schools often don't require proof of English if you've recently studied in an English-speaking country. Receive your Letter of Offer (LoO) •After our team submits your documents, you'll just wait for the school to issue your Letter of Offer. This is usually very quick when enrolling with Ausgate and your Offer Letter will be ready within 1-2 business days. If you need the Letter of Offer very quickly (e.g., because your current visa expires soon), make sure to notify our team as soon as possible so we can recommend schools with the fastest turnaround times and help you avoid those with slower enrolment processes. •Your Letter of Offer will confirm that the school has a spot for you in your chosen intake, outline the conditions of your enrolment and also show a detailed tuition fee payment plan with due dates. Sign the Letter of Offer and pay the first installment •At this stage, we will ask you to sign your Offer Letter and pay the first instalment (usually the first term tuition fee + enrolment fee). You will pay directly to the school, not Ausgate. You will just notify our team after the payment is done so we can immediately follow up with the school and request your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE). Receive your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) and apply for a Student Visa in Australia •The last enrolment step is to check if all your details in the Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) are correct. This is the document issued by the school after you signed the Letter of Offer and made your payment. If you are enroling in a package of multiple courses, each course will have a separate CoE. Confirmation of Enrolment is an official document that our registered migration agent will use for your Student Visa application.

•Can I work on a Student Visa in Australia? Many students ask this question, and the short answer is yes. •As an international student, you are allowed to work in Australia part-time as soon as your Student Visa is granted, and your course has commenced. When your course is in session. Most of our courses offer 16 weeks of holidays per year and some courses (especially in hospitality) also offer work placement as part of the studies which allows their students to work more.

Starting from the 1st of July 2023, unrestricted work rights for international students in Australia will come to an end. However, foreign students will still be able to work more than pre-pandemic. The new restriction is 48 hours of work per fortnight while your course is in session. To learn more about this change and others, check out our blog article.

The Australian Government has removed the 40-hour-a-fortnight working restriction for Student Visa holders. Therefore, international students can now work full-time in Australia and have no restrictions on the number of hours they can work. If you are on a Student Visa in Australia, you can work as much as if you were Australian.

The Department of Home Affairs announced that the government will reintroduce limits to work hours for international students in Australia again from June next year. They have not specified what these limits will be.

It varies. Sometimes the applicant receives a response almost instantly, however, in most cases it can take a few weeks. You can typically expect a response within 8 weeks. For the current processing times of Student Visas in Australia, please follow this link. If you are in Australia when applying for a Student Visa, you may be eligible for a Bridging Visa to stay lawfully in Australia while you are waiting for your Student Visa to be processed. Feel free to contact us for more information. July 2022 update: Student Visa processing times are still slow after the border re-opening. Australian Department of Home Affairs recommends lodging Student Visa applications at least 6-8 weeks before the course commencement date.

There is no simple answer to this question. Here's why: Every applicant for a Student visa in Australia is required to state in their application, how are they going to support themselves financially while studying in Australia, but not every applicant has to provide evidence of available funds. Depending on your country of passport and the course you are applying for, you may need to provide the evidence upfront. If you are not sure, feel free to contact us and we will confirm with our registered migration agent whether that will be your case. So-called 'show money' for a Student visa in Australia depends on how long is the course you are applying for. It’s capped at 1 year - so you don’t need to show more even if you are applying for a 2-, 3- or 4-year course. This is how it’s calculated: Living costs + Course Fees + Travel Costs At the moment: 1-year living costs are $21,041 AUD. If you will be applying for a Student visa with your partner, add another $7,362 AUD. Applying with a child will further increase the required financial capacity. Course fees depend on the school you choose, the duration of your course and how much have you pre-paid already. Use the first 12 months of your course fees. If your course is 12 months or less, use the total cost. Deduct any costs you have already paid. Travel costs depend on your home country and whether you are applying in Australia or overseas: If applying outside Australia, include $2,000 AUD for most countries. If applying in Australia, include $1,000 AUD for most countries.

There's a change in the living cost component from the 1st of October 2023. 1-year living costs are now $24,505 AUD.

If you are required to provide the evidence upfront (we recommend doing this even if you are not required to), providing a scan or a PDF of your bank statement may be sufficient, and certified copies are ideal. If the money is in a bank account of your relative(s), provide their bank account statement(s) and a letter confirming that you will have access to these funds. All our applicants get a free template of the financial capacity letter. Aside from a bank balance, you can also provide financial capacity via an ongoing income if your parents or spouse earns over $60,000 AUD per year. As with all questions related to a Student visa, we recommend you check the website of the Australian Department of Home Affairs for more information. This checklist is really helpful. (https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/web-evidentiary-tool)(https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/web-evidentiary-tool)

Sydney is the most popular city among our students, however, we also offer courses in many other Australian cities (such as Melbourne, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Cairns, etc). If you can’t find them on our website, feel free to contact us and we will help you out.

The most affordable courses for international students in Australia are usually in Leadership and Management, Business, and Marketing and Communication. The tuition fee depends on the current promotion but it's often around $5,000 / year and can be paid in quarterly instalments. You can apply for up to a 4-year Student visa in Australia with these courses. Find more details in our blog article: Cheapest Courses for International Students in Australia in 2023.

It depends on the type of visa you are holding at the moment. Have a look at your current Visa Grant Letter and check the conditions you have listed in there. As long as there isn't a “No further stay” condition, we should be able to help you to study in Australia and to apply with you for your Student Visa. If you want to be sure, just e-mail us your current Visa Grant Letter and we can confirm. If you are holding a Working Holiday Visa at the moment and considering to move to a Student Visa, you may be interested in reading on How to Move from a Working Holiday Visa to a Student Visa in Australia.

The duration of your Student Visa depends on the duration of the course you want to enroll in. Our longest courses will let you apply for a 4-year Student Visa. Australian Department of Home Affairs often grants Student Visas for a period that is a little longer than the duration of the course. The extra period depends on multiple factors like the duration of your course, the duration of your Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), your course finish date, etc. Feel free to contact us if you'd like to make sure that you will have a good chance for an extra period on your Student Visa in Australia.

OSHC means Overseas Student Health Cover and it's mandatory health insurance you need in order to apply for a Student Visa in Australia. These are all six OSHC providers approved by the Australian Government: NIB, CBHS, AHM, Medibank, Bupa, and Allianz.

depends on your course duration and for 12 months you can expect it to be around $571 AUD. You don't need to pay OSHC before you enroll, however, it has to be paid before we lodge your Student Visa. In case you would decide to leave Australia before you complete your course or would change your visa or in case you'd get a Student Visa refusal, you'd be able to request a refund for your unused policy. Now that you know what is OSHC, you can get your free quote here to compare NIB, CBHS, AHM, Medibank, Bupa, and Allianz to see for yourself, which one is the cheapest for your particular case and how much can you save. Note: Some Belgian, Norwegian, and Swedish students are exempted and don't have to get the Australian OSHC when applying for a Student Visa. TIP: Student Visas are usually granted for a little longer than the actual course duration. Make sure that even if you get the cheapest OSHC for a student visa, it won't end on the date of your course completion. How much longer you should aim for? Here's our best experience with the length of the OSHC when a course is 10 months or longer: If your course ends between January and October, the duration of your OSHC should be 2 months on top of your course duration. If your course ends in November or December, you should get your OSHC until the 15th of March of the following year.

Pure online courses are not eligible for a Student Visa in Australia. All courses for Student Visa holders are delivered on campus and just parts of them can be completed online. Many schools you find on Ausgate track academic progress more than the attendance and therefore offer reasonably good flexibility. Depending on the specific course you choose and your course progress, you may be able to complete all required assessments by attending just once or twice per week.

For safety reasons, some schools are currently delivering their courses online or partially online. Please contact us for the most recent updates regarding which Australian schools deliver their courses online to international students.

Each school has its own holiday calendar. Most of the schools you see on Ausgate offer 16 weeks of holidays per the calendar year. Let us know if you are interested in a term-break calendar of any of our schools and we will happily share it with you.

Schools have various term durations but in most cases, it’s either three or two months. You will, therefore, have either four or six terms in a calendar year. Your payment plan will typically be matching the term schedule and you will be paying to your chosen school four to six times per year. Some colleges also offer a monthly payment plan.

Update (January 2023): Negative covid test is again required from some travelers Travellers entering Australia from China, Hong Kong, and Macau from 5 January​ 2023 must provide a negative covid test undertaken within a 48-hour period prior to the day of their scheduled departure for Australia. Student Visa holders can come to Australia from December 2021. Find out more about the reopening of Australian borders in our blog article where we post regular updates.

Here you can compare and get the cheapest Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for your student visa in Australia. There are currently six eligible companies (CBHS, AHM, NIB, Medibank, Allianz, and Bupa) providing overseas student health insurance and you can get all their quotes on that website. Our students usually prefer CBHS and NIB because they are very affordable and start at approximately $571 AUD per year for a single student. TIP: Are you applying for a student visa as a couple? You can also get the cheapest OSHC for a couple here. (https://oshcaustralia.com.au/en?partner=au-studyanywhere)(https://oshcaustralia.com.au/en?partner=au-studyanywhere)

Are you also wondering how much it costs to renew your Student visa while onshore in Australia? The answer is $710 AUD if this will be your first onshore visa renewal in Australia. The Department of Home Affairs may charge you more if you are applying with a partner or children or if you originally applied for your current visa onshore as well. You can read about these surcharges here. (https://studyanywhere.com.au/faq/how-much-is-student-visa-australia) ((https://studyanywhere.com.au/faq/how-much-is-student-visa-australia)) If you are considering extending your Student visa onshore, be sure to check out our most affordable courses for international students. Some of them offer exclusive discounts to onshore applicants. (https://blog.studyanywhere.com.au/cheapest-courses-for-a-student-visa-in-australia-in-2023/) (https://blog.studyanywhere.com.au/cheapest-courses-for-a-student-visa-in-australia-in-2023/) Another way to save money on fees for your onshore Student visa extension is to find the cheapest OSHC (Overseas Student Health Cover). Compare and choose the one with the lowest fees here. https://oshcaustralia.com.au/en?partner=au-studyanywhere (https://oshcaustralia.com.au/en?partner=au-studyanywhere)