• participate in an eligible course of study in Australia
• travel in and out of Australia
• as a temporary measure, you can work unlimited hours in any sector. See Temporary changes to visa work conditions for Students and Working Holiday Makers.

This is a temporary visa to study up to 5 years. The type of course and its length will determine the length of stay

Primary school children enrolled in years 1-4 will generally only be granted a student visa for a maximum period of 3 years.  

To continue studying in Australia, you must apply for a new Student visa.

If your Student visa will expire before your graduation you might be eligible for a Visitor visa (subclass 600). You will need a letter from your education provider with the date of your graduation.

If you hold or held a student visa and completed specific qualifications in Australia in the last six months, you might be eligible for a Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485).

If you are a recent engineering graduate of a recognized institution you might be eligible for the Skilled Recognition Graduate visa (subclass 476).

If you want to stay longer for other reasons, you must apply for a new visa that suits your circumstances. Explore your visa options.

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.

We cannot grant a student visa to your child if they have turned 18 years at the time your visa is finalised. They need to apply for their own visa.

You must declare your family members in your student visa application even if they do not plan to travel with you to Australia. If you do not do this, your family members will not be eligible for a student visa to join you in Australia.

Your family members can also apply as a subsequent entrant (at a later time, separate from your application) in ImmiAccount.

Family members who apply for the visa must meet our requirements for health and character.

Check the annual school costs you will need to pay for any dependent children to go to either public or private schools in Australia.

For more information see ‘Evidence you have enough money for your stay’ section under Gather documents.

The visa costs from AUD650 for the main applicant, unless they are exempt.

There is also a charge for each family member who applies for the visa.

Students who were unable to complete their course within their original student visa validity due to COVID-19 and need to apply for a further student visa to complete their study may be eligible for a fee-waiver. See COVID-19 and the border – Student visa.

You might also have to pay other costs for health checks, police certificates and biometrics.

To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not take into account the other costs.

You can be in or outside Australia when you apply for the visa and when we decide on your application.

You will need to give us Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) for each course. The last course you take as part of the course package is your main course of study. We use your main course of study to work out what financial and English language skills evidence you must give us.

If your visa application includes a package of courses, 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.

For example, the academic year generally ends in November and starts again in February the following year, three to four months is an acceptable gap between courses. 

Standard visa grant periods apply to packaged courses.

We process:

• Foreign Affairs or Defence Sector
  • 25% of applications in 9 Days
  • 50% of applications in 18 Days
  • 75% of applications in 39 Days
  • 90% of applications in 5 Months
• Postgraduate Research Sector
  • 25% of applications in 26 Days
  • 50% of applications in 4 Months
  • 75% of applications in 7 Months
  • 90% of applications in 12 Months
• Non-Award Sector
  • 25% of applications in Less than 1 day
  • 50% of applications in Less than 1 day
  • 75% of applications in 6 Days
  • 90% of applications in 14 Days
• Schools Sector
  • 25% of applications in 15 Days
  • 50% of applications in 27 Days
  • 75% of applications in 3 Months
  • 90% of applications in 9 Months
• Independent ELICOS Sector
  • 25% of applications in 7 Days
  • 50% of applications in 21 Days
  • 75% of applications in 46 Days
  • 90% of applications in 4 Months
• Vocational Education and Training Sector
  • 25% of applications in 30 Days
  • 50% of applications in 3 Months
  • 75% of applications in 7 Months
  • 90% of applications in 14 Months
• Higher Education Sector
  • 25% of applications in 9 Days
  • 50% of applications in 23 Days
  • 75% of applications in 4 Months
  • 90% of applications in 10 Months

Your application can take longer to process if:

• you do not fill it in correctly
• you do not include all the documents we need or we need more information from you
• it takes us time to verify your information

We can't process your application if you do not pay the correct visa application charge. We will notify you if this is the case.

Processing times are available through Global Visa Processing Times.

You and your family must meet all visa conditions and follow Australian laws.

See which conditions will and might be attached to this visa.

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.

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

• come to Australia to provide care and support for a student visa holder who is under 18 years of age (or over 18 in exceptional circumstances)
• care for more than one student
• study an English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) for less than 20 hours per week, or any other study or training for no more than 3 months

You cannot work.

You can stay in Australia until a date specified on your visa grant letter. In deciding this date, we usually consider the length of the student visa holder’s stay or when that student turns 18.

You can stay in Australia by applying for a further Student Guardian visa.

If any member of your family unit has not turned 6 years old, you cannot be granted the visa unless:

• there are compelling and compassionate reasons or
• granting the visa would significantly benefit the relationship between the Australian Government and the government of another country

The child must meet the same health requirements as you and have health insurance for the duration of their stay in Australia.

You can't include children under 6 years old after you have submitted your application.

Children 6 years old or older can come with you but they must apply for their own student visa.

The visa costs from AUD650.00 for the main applicant.

There is also a charge for each family member who applies for the visa with you.

You might also have to pay other costs for health checks, police certificates and biometrics.

To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not take into account the other costs.

You can be in or outside Australia when you apply for the visa and when we decide on your application.

• 25% of applications: 29 Days
• 50% of applications: 81 Days
• 75% of applications: 8 Months
• 90% of applications: 11 Months

Your application may take longer to process if:

• you do not fill it in correctly
• you do not include all the documents we need or we need more information from you
• it takes us time to verify your information

We cannot process your application if you do not pay the correct visa application charge. We will notify you if this is the case and if necessary return your application.

You and your family members must meet all visa conditions and obey Australian laws.

See which conditions will and might be attached to this visa.

You can travel outside Australia and return as many times as you want while the visa is valid. But you can't leave Australia without the student visa holder unless you have made alternative welfare arrangements.

The time you spend outside Australia does not extend the visa.

You will need to be able to financially support yourself while in Australia. You will need to be able to financially support accompanying family members

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

• visit Australia to complete a workplace-based training (to improve your skills for your current occupation, area of tertiary study or field of expertise), or a professional development training program

This visa allows people to take part in workplace-based training to improve their skills for their job, area of tertiary study, field of expertise or in a professional development training program in Australia.

Nomination requirements are different depending on the purpose or type of training.

There are 3 types of occupational training covered by this visa:

• Occupational training required for registration
• Occupational training to improve skills in an eligible occupation
• Occupational training for capacity building overseas. This includes overseas qualification, government support or professional.

Nomination is the stage where the sponsor provides details about the nominee (intended trainee), the purpose or type of training and how and where the training will be provided.

This is a temporary visa.  We might grant you a visa stay in Australia for up to 2 years.

You can leave and re-enter Australia on the visa while it is valid.

You can't stay in Australia longer by extending this visa.

You can apply for another visa. Explore visa options. 

You can include members of the family unit in your application when you apply

Family members who apply for the visa with you must also meet our health and character requirements.

If you apply for this visa from outside Australia, family members who are not coming to Australia might also have to meet our health requirements.

Newborn children

Find out what to do if your child is born after you apply or when you hold your visa.

Subsequent entrants

If we grant you the visa, your family members might be able to apply to join you in Australia later as a subsequent entrant.

They can do this using the Temporary Work and Activity Visa (Subsequent Entrant) (403,407,408) form in ImmiAccount.

Family members applying subsequently should :

• be listed on the nomination form if their sponsor is not a Commonwealth Government Agency, and
• provide a letter from the sponsor of the primary applicant confirming the sponsor has agreed to sponsor them

The visa costs from AUD325 for the main applicant.

There is also a charge for each family member who applies for the visa with you.

You might also have to pay other costs for health checks, police certificates and biometrics.

To work out what your visa will cost, use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not take into account the other costs.

You can be in or outside Australia when you apply for the visa and when we decide on your application.

• 25% of applications: 44 Days
• 50% of applications: 7 Months
• 75% of applications: 12 Months
• 90% of applications: 21 Months

Your application might take longer to process if:

• you do not fill it in correctly
• you do not include all the documents we need or we need more information from you
• we have to verify your information

We can't process your application if you do not pay the correct visa application charge. We will notify you if this is the case and if necessary return your application.

You and your family members must obey all Australian laws.

Learn more about conditions for this visa.

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.

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

You will need to be able to financially support yourself while in Australia. You will need to be able to financially support accompanying family members.

If you decide to train with another organisation while you are in Australia, you will need to be sponsored by that organisation. They must submit a new nomination for you.

When the new nomination is approved you can do your occupational training with that organisation for the time remaining on your visa.

You do not have to apply for a new visa, as long as you continue to do the training program your visa was approved for.

If your occupational training program changes, you need to submit a new visa application.

If your sponsor ends your training you must tell us. You may try to find another organisation to sponsor you.

If you want to apply for a new Training visa (subclass 407) you will need continuing sponsorship. You may have to provide an explanation of why you were unable to complete the training within the initial training period.