STUDY VISA FOR AUSTRALIA

If you wish to study in Australia, you shall need to attain an Australian student visa. You should be in a position to prove the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) that you fulfil the following main Australian student visa needs:
– Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) condition
– Financial conditions
– English proficiency conditions
– Health and character conditions

This specific visa is for the students who wish to come to Australia to pursue study at a registered education institution.
– You can go for a CRICOS registered full-time course in Australia.
– The eligible family members can come with you to Australia.
– The visa permits you to stay in Australia for the period of your course

Post Study work arrangements
The Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) permits the graduates to work temporarily in Australia after they finish their studies. It encompasses two streams: the Graduate Work stream and Post-Study Work stream.

The Graduate Work stream is for the international students. These students are graduated with skills and qualifications that link up with an occupation considered in demand in Australian labour market, as specified in the list of eligible skilled occupations. A visa under this stream is usually granted for eighteen months.

The Post-Study Work stream caters extended options for working in Australia to qualified graduates of a higher education degree. In the realm of this stream, successful applicants are given a visa along with a visa period of 2, 3 or 4 years’ duration. It depends on the highest educational qualification they have attained.

Applying under the Post-Study Work stream
The following caters information about Australian study requirement particular to the subclass 485 visa candidates under the Post-Study Work stream.

Eligible qualifications
To fulfil the Australian study requirement, the course/courses have to be resulted in an eligible qualification. The eligible qualifications do differ depending on which stream of subclass 485 visa the candidate selects.

For purposes of applying for a subclass 485 visa under Post-Study Work stream, only the study that ends in the conferral of an eligible degree level qualification is going to be considered. A qualified degree level requirement is a:
– Bachelor degree
– Bachelor (Honours) degree
– Masters – by coursework degree
– Masters – (extended) degree
– Masters – by research degree
– Doctoral degree.

Study that will result in a diploma level qualification or the trade qualification is not going to be considered.

For example, a candidate might complete one year Bachelor degree followed by one year Master’s degree and. He fulfills Australian study requirement under Post-Study Work stream. It will be applicable if the other components of condition are satisfied.

Study should be at a certain level
Only the specific degree level qualifications presumed at Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Level 7 or the above (the Bachelor degree level or the above), that head to conferral of an eligible degree level qualification, might be considered towards fulfill the Australian study requirement. An eligible degree level qualification means a Bachelor degree, Masters (extended) degree, Masters by coursework degree, Masters by research degree and Doctoral degree.

It simply states that the degree level courses that are wrapped with a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma course might get considered. It would be so only if they ultimately finish an eligible qualification.

For example, the Students who finish a Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies that articulates (or leads) in a Master of Education are in a position to use both study at the Graduate Diploma and at Masters Level towards fulfilling this need.

As an example: only the Students who have completed a Bachelor of Arts and thereafter a Graduate Diploma in Asia-Pacific Studies undertaken at the Bachelor degree level are considered. It is because the Graduate Diploma does not contribute towards conferral of an eligible degree level qualification.

Study should be at an eligible education provider
All the courses used to suffice the Australian study requirement should have been undertaken at an eligible Australian university or any other education provider credited to offer degree level programs.

To apply under the Graduate Work stream
The following gives the information about Australian study requirement that is specific to subclass 485 visa candidates under the Graduate Work stream.

Eligibility qualifications
To fulfill the Australian study requirement, the course/courses should result in an eligible qualification. The eligible qualifications do differ depending on which type of stream of subclass 485 visa the candidates select.

For the purposes of applying for a subclass 485 under Graduate Work stream, course/courses should result in a degree, trade or diploma qualification. As an example, a student can complete two successive Diploma level courses and fulfill the Australian study requirement under Graduate Work stream if the other components of requirement are satisfied.

Qualifications have to be closely linked with nominated occupation
The qualification(s) completed must be closely related to the student’s nominated skilled occupation. It simply means the subject matter and skills attained from qualifications can be applied at level achieved in nominated skilled occupation.

As an example: The acceptable combinations of study and nominated occupations encompass:
– A candidate who nominates ‘Physiotherapist’ as his or her skilled occupation and finishes a degree in physiotherapy in Australia
– A candidate who nominates ‘Air-conditioning & Mechanical Services Plumber’ as his or her skilled occupation. He should have completed a Certificate III in Plumbing and also a Diploma of Plumbing and Services in Australia

Example: A mixture of study and nominated occupation is not going to be acceptable:
– A candidate nominated occupation is of Registered Nurse but he or she satisfies the Australian study requirement on basis of having completed a Bachelor of Commerce.