HOW TO APPLY

Study Planning and choosing your course
If you want to study in Australia, you can directly contact and apply with the school or through an Agent of Education or even with a travel agency that represents an Australian Institution. You may apply from any place or country in which you are living.

Think about your career plans and which courses will help with these plans. You have a wide range of courses to choose from in Australia. You will need to find out which institutions offer the course you are interested in. When considering the courses available, check the entrance and English language requirements to ensure you are eligible to apply.

Students must meet minimum academic requirements to be accepted into specific courses. Each institution sets its own entry requirements so they may vary from one institution to another, and from one course or faculty to another. Some courses also require relevant work experience and this may be particularly important in relation to MBA and other postgraduate studies. Evidence of English language proficiency is required when applying for a student visa. Depending on your proposed study sector you will need to have a minimum score in the IELTS/TOEFL English language proficiency test. If not eligible for a specific course you may have to consider another course, or bridging or foundation study that may lead into your desired course.

Applying for admission
Once the determined course and the city is chosen, you will have to request to the school a letter of offer of vacancy (Letter of Offer). For requesting a letter of offer you will need to fill the form of registration of the institution (in their website or through email) with your personal data such as your full name as from passport, address, desired course, duration, if you want a homestay etc. If at any time in the application process you are uncertain how to proceed, don’t hesitate to contact the education provider or your education agent—they are there to help.

After that the institution will send you a letter (by fax or email to it) confirming that it has vacancy for you. The invoice will come as an attachment for you to make the payment (they accepted majority of Credit Cards, and 100% of them accept remittance or banking transfers). The majority of the schools include in the invoice, the compulsory health insurance.

After the payment is made you will receive a COE from the institution. The Confirmation of enrolment or COE is an official and is the most important document, because with it you then are able to apply for the visa. It is emitted by the institution after receiving the payment confirming that you are registered for the course. Being an official document, it will not be sent by email, but by either Fax or Postage.

Therefore, when sending your details to the institution for you to get the Letter of Offer you should include a fax number or indicate an alternative to receive it (such as a neighbor). The fax machine has to be on 24 hours in the automatic mode to accept documents any time of the day or night because of the time zone differences. After receiving it, you must check carefully if your name is spelled correctly, and if the dates and course are right. In case it has any mistake such as misspelling your name or dates, you must request to the school to make the appropriate corrections and send it again. All the numbers that appear in the COE must be clearly written. The institution will send one copy of the COE directly to the Embassy and the other one to you.

Applying for a student visa
After you have been accepted by your education provider, it is time to apply for your student visa. International students must have a valid student visa for the duration of their studies in Australia.

You will have to attach the necessary documents like COE, Letter of Offer etc with the form application for Student Visa. The Form application for the Visa is simple to fill and direct, and completed without the need of others. All you have to do is follow the procedure written in the website of the Embassy.

For more detailed, accurate and up-to-date information on student visas and visa requirements please check the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) website.