Student Visa Subclass 500

If you are a school student (but not participating in a secondary school student exchange program), you must be aged 6 or older to apply for this visa.

You must also be:
– Less than 17 years old when you begin Year 9
– Less than 18 years old when you begin Year 10
– Less than 19 years old when you begin Year 11
– Less than 20 years old when you begin Year 12

You must include evidence of enrolment in study with your student visa application, or your application will not be valid and cannot be processed.

You must be enrolled in a full time course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS).

Applying outside Australia: provide a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) for each course of study with your visa application.

Applying inside Australia: You must be enrolled in a full time course before the grant of your visa.

If you are applying for more than 1 course in your student visa application you must include all CoE codes in the application form or your visa period may only consider the duration of the course according to the the CoE provided.

You can apply to take 2 or more courses on your Student visa where one course clearly leads to the next.

Course gaps must be less than two calendar months, unless the first course finishes at the end of the standard academic year and the next course commences at the beginning of the standard academic year.

If you are applying for a student visa and you are under 18 years of age, you must have adequate welfare arrangements in place while you are in Australia.

You might need to provide evidence of your English language skills at the time you submit your visa application.

You must have taken the English language test in the 2 years before you apply for a student visa.

You and your family members must have and maintain adequate health insurance for the whole of your stay in Australia

You and your family members must be covered by Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) from an approved Australian health insurance provider.

Your cover must start from the day you and your family arrive in Australia, not the day your course starts.

If your previous visa required you to have health insurance, there should be no gap between your previous health cover and your OSHC.

Any family member who joins you after you arrive in Australia must show us they have OSHC for the duration of their stay in Australia.

If you have one of these visas, you can’t apply for this visa while you are in Australia:

– Domestic Worker (Temporary) Diplomatic and Consular visa (subclass 426)
– Temporary Work (International Relations) visa (subclass 403) in the Domestic Worker (Diplomatic or consular) stream
– Diplomatic (Temporary) visa (subclass 995) – primary visa holder only. A family member of a Diplomatic (Temporary) visa (subclass 995) can apply for a Student visa in Australia
– Transit visa (subclass 771)
– Visitor visa (subclass 600) in the Sponsored Family stream or in the Approved Destination Status stream

Usually you must hold a visa that allows you to stay in Australia when you apply.

You might be able to apply for a new student visa if it has been less than 28 days since your student visa expired and provided this has not happened before.

You can’t apply for a student visa if you have ever held a substantive visa that you applied for in Australia while unlawful.

You must have enough money to pay for your stay in Australia.

You must be a genuine temporary entrant and intend to return home after studying in Australia.

You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa must meet character requirement.

You and any family members who apply for the visa must meet health requirement.

You might not be granted this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia.

The visa might not be granted if it is not in the best interests of an applicant under 18.