Student visa requirements

Full details regarding key visa requirements are outlined below.
 

1. Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE)

In order to meet the GTE requirement applicants will need to satisfy DIAC that they have a genuine intention to stay in Australia temporarily, for the purpose of study or to accompany a student as a dependent or guardian.

In assessing GTE, decision makers must consider the following factors:

A: The applicant’s circumstances in their home country
B: The applicant’s potential circumstances in Australia
C: The value of the course to the applicant’s future
D: The applicant’s immigration history Any other relevant matters

 

Applicants may be interviewed in order to assist the decision maker to determine whether they meet the GTE requirement.

 

For more information regaring the GTE requirement: Click Here

2. Enrolled in a Registered Course
 

The Australian government has recently announced a number of changes. From now on, student visa applicants will need to include a confirmation of enrolment (COE), issued by their intended education provider, as part of their student visa applications. This will improve processing times as students will no longer need to wait for a pre-visa assessment (PVA) letter to be issued by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) before arranging their COE.
 

3. Financial Requirements

Changes have also being made to reduce the financial requirements for Assessment Level (AL) 3 and 4 students. A reduction in the period of funds to be shown upfront with a visa application should make obtaining a student visa to Australia more competitive with other popular study destinations.

The regulations require international students to show evidence of funds to cover tuition, travel, living costs and school costs for school aged dependents (if applicable). The Assessment Level (AL) of the student determines how much funds need to be shown, who can provide these funds and how long these funds must be held.

 

 

 

The below table provides further guidance

 

	AL4	AL3	AL2
Amount of funds that must be evidenced	Tuition, living, travel and school costs for school aged dependents for the first 24 months of course	Tuition, living, travel and school costs for school aged dependents for the first 18 months of course	Tuition, living, travel and school costs for school aged dependents for the first 12 months of course
Who can provide funds	Limited to close relative such as parents, siblings, spouses, grandparents and Australian citizen or permanent resident Aunt and Uncles	Anyone	Anyone
How long must funds be held	3 months	3 months	Not applicable

 

In addition to the above, the applicant must evidence that the income of any individual providing funds is sufficient to have accumulated these funds.

In all cases the decision maker must also be satisfied that while the applicant holds the visa, the applicant will have access to the funds demonstrated or declared in application.

Students must provide evidence of living costs for their spouse and dependent children, regardless of whether they intend to travel to Australia or not. School costs for school aged dependents however are only requiredto be evidenced if the child intends to travel. The current figure used for school costs is $8 000 per year.

Living and Travel costs are accessed as follows:
 

Table Cell	Living cost per year AUD	Travel Cost AUD
Applicant	18000	2000
Spouse	6300	2000
First Child	3600	1000
Each Additional Child	2700	1000

Acceptable Financial Institution (AFI) for fund and Loan
List of Financial Institution in Nepal
a) Nepal SBI Bank
b) Nabil Bank

Acceptable Source
The most common sources of funds which are acceptable for the purpose of assessing funds for student visa applications are:
a) Loan from financial institution
b) Money deposits held with an acceptable financial institution

4: English Proficiency Requirement

To ensure students have the best chance of succeeding in their studies, they are required to demonstrate that they have the appropriate English language proficiency for their course. The following tests are acceptable for the purpose of a student visa;

a) International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
b) Test of English as foreign Language Internet Based Test (TOFEL iBT)
c) Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE)
d) Cambridge Advanced English (CAE)

 

AL3 and 4 applicants for a subclass 573 (Higher Education) visa need to obtain the equivalent of IELTS 6 unless they package their course with an applicable foundation or ELICOS course. AL3 and 4 applicants for a subclass 572 (VET) visa need to obtain the equivalent of IELTS 5.5 unless they package their course with an applicable foundation or ELICOS course.

The following table provides details of equivalency scores for acceptable English tests:

IELTS	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0
TOEFL iBT	35	46	60	79	94	102	110	115	118
Pearson	36	42	50	58	65	73	79	83	86
CAE	41	47	52	58	67	74	80	87	93

5: Health Requirement

All applicants for a visa to Australia must meet health requirements. For this student most have health check up before issuance for the visa. For health check up there will be panel doctor list available and student most submit their health report from respective place only.

All costs related to the medical examination are your responsibility. If you undertake a medical examination and your application is not approved you will not be eligible for a refund of any cost your may have incurred.

6: Character Requirement

The Australian Government state that they will only grant a visa if they believe the applicant is of good character.
There are various visa character requirements you must meet.
If none of the following statements apply to you, then you are likely to meet the visa character requirement:
a: Been charged with any offence that is currently awaiting legal action.
c: Committed, or been involved in the commission of war crimes or crimes against humanity or human rights, or been involved in any activities that would represent a risk to Australian national security.
e: Left any country to avoid being removed or deported, or been excluded from or asked to leave any country (including Australia.)
f: Had any outstanding debts to the Australian Government or public authorities.

Note: you most issue police report in order to demonstrate that you don't have any bad history at your home country.

7) The overseas student health cover (OSHC)

OSHC is insurance that assists international students to meet the cost of medical and hospital care that they may need while in Australia. OSHC also covers limited benefits for pharmaceuticals and ambulance services.

Students must provide evidence of cover for themselves and any accompanying dependants for the proposed duration of their Student visa in order to be granted a visa.

To allow students a reasonable time period to organize their affairs on completion of their course, students should obtain OSHC for a period covering at least one month after the course end on their Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE). For students studying a package course, the OSHC should cover their entire package and at least one month after the course end date on the latest CoE in the package.

8) Fraud PIC (Public Interest Criteria)

Where you are found to have supplied bogus documents or provided information that is false or misleading to the department, your application will be refused and you will be subject to a three year bar which may prevent the grant of a further visa that is subject to assessment under the Fraud PIC. Important: The three year bar applies only to visas that are subject to assessment against the Fraud PIC. For more details of Fraud PIC click here.

9) Streamlined visa processing

The government proposes to treat student visa applicants with a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) from a participating university in Australia at Bachelor, Masters or postgraduate by research degree as though they were a lower migration risk (similar to the current Assessment Level 1), regardless of their country of origin. For more details click here.