With a worldwide reputation as a first-class education provider, over 275,000 students from around the globe flock to Australian shores annually to pursue internationally recognised courses in a progressive, secure, and culturally diverse learning environment.

Students who complete a course of study in Australia may apply for Australian permanent residency under the Skilled Migration Program.

Apply for a Student Visa Online

If you satisfy the following criteria, you may apply for a student visa online.

You must:

• be outside Australia;
• be aged 18 years of age or over; and
• be from an Assessment Level 1 country; and
• have an electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCOE) for the principal course you wish to undertake, and for any preliminary course(s) (unless you are an AusAID, Defence sponsored or secondary school exchange student); and
• not apply more than 90 days prior to the commencement of your course(s); and
• only make an application for yourself, i.e. you must provide information about family unit members in this application but you cannot use this application to apply for a visa for any family unit members.The appropriate form to use in these circumstances is:

Form 157E – Electronic Application for a Student (Temporary) Visa.

You can apply student Australian visa on-line here.