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Learn English in Australia - Student visas for Australia

Students wanting to study for less than three months can enter Australia on a visitor visa.

Visitors in Australia are not allowed to work, do not have access to Australia's subsidised student health cover and must leave the country within three months.

Visitor visas are available at Australian embassies, high commissions and consulates. Foreign nationals from the following countries are eligible to apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA), an electronic visitor visa that can be applied for online. Approved ETA applications are electronically recorded on Australian government systems. Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, Vatican City

Students wanting to study in Australia for more than three months must apply for a student visa, choosing one of the seven student visa subclasses that applies to them.

The subclasses correspond to the type of language Course the student wishes to undertake and are separated into the independent Elicos sector; schools sector; vocational education and training sector; higher education sector; masters and doctorate sector; non-award foundation sector; and the AusAID and defence sector.Within the visa subclasses, students must fulfill various criteria relating to personal finance, health and language ability according to the assessment level prescribed to their country of nationality before they are granted a student visa.

Before applying for a visa all students must have been accepted for full-time study on a registered course.

More information on the visa requirements for Australia and a list showing the assessment levels of countries across the subclass sectors can be found on the

Study in Australia website

Activity Holidays in Australia

Australia Links