Students traveling to Australia for study must apply for an appropriate student visa, as different student visas are available to different students.A primary or secondary school student’s visa is different from the visa offered to a student of vocational education or a student of postgraduate research. Thus, one should carefully analyze which category they fit into.

To begin with, a student must be accepted for a full-term study in a registered course by a registered organization (under the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students). Besides submitting the essential documents at the time of applying for the visa, one must fulfill the following criteria to be eligible for a student visa:

• Sound financial capacity (ability to pay for the airfare, tuition fees, and living costs)
• Proficiency in English
• Be of good character
• Be in sound health
• Have health insurance through the Overseas Student Health Cover (UNI)
• Have no pending debt to the Commonwealth of Australia or have made provisions to repay the same.