What materials are required for an Australian study visa?

For friends who want to go abroad to study in Australia but don’t know how to apply for a visa, I have compiled a guide about studying in Australia. Hope it helps everyone.

1. Visa materials

1. Visa application form: Visa application form 157W. When filling out the 157W form, each item must be filled in truthfully and a two-inch photo must be attached.

2. Admission Notice: The name of the school in the Australian school admission notice must be in Chinese and English;

3. Household Registration Book: One copy of the household registration book in Chinese and English, parents and students are required , if it is not in one copy, the relevant entire household registration book must be provided. Since the household registration unit generally cannot provide an English version of the household registration certificate, it is best to send it to a notary office for translation and notarization;

4. Graduation certificate and transcripts

(1) Application Undergraduate: Provide notarization of high school graduation certificate and notarization of midterm and final exam transcripts for each semester;

(2) Application for postgraduate students: Provide unbiased high school diploma, unbiased undergraduate (or college) diploma, unbiased bachelor's degree and Notarized transcripts of all subjects;

5. Family member form: Completely completed family member form;

6. Proof of enrollment; Proof of current enrollment (in English): can be submitted to Currently studying in school, but it should be noted that the certificate issued by the school must include name, date of birth, any position held, signature of the person in charge, date of issuance, etc.;

7. Resume or study plan: Resume There is no word limit, but you must not describe it without focus. You may wish to write it in the form of an autobiography. First, you can briefly introduce yourself, what you have been doing since graduation, why you chose to study in Australia and your future study plans. If you have received some honors or have special things that need to be explained, you can also write them together.

8. Physical examination report: physical examination report and chest X-ray.

2. Visa process

1. Organize materials

You need to organize the materials you have on hand first and prepare to apply for a visa. According to the current requirements of the embassy, ??relatively comprehensive application materials need to be provided. Otherwise, because Australia’s immigration policy has been completely open to Chinese students in recent years, the number of Chinese students applying to study in Australia has been on a straight rise.

There are currently a large number of application materials queued up at the Overseas Student Processing Center of the Australian Immigration Bureau. If sufficient documents are not prepared for individual cases, the processing officers of the Immigration Bureau are not responsible for notifying the applicant to resubmit the application documents and then wait for the supplement. If everything is submitted and then reviewed, in most cases a refusal letter will be issued directly. If this is the case, the application fee will be wasted and there will be obstacles in submitting the application next time.

2. Submit materials

Generally speaking, the more prepared the visa application documents are, the better. Of course, it is not necessary to submit all the documents on hand. You should mainly submit some important materials. That’s it.

About 2-3 weeks after submitting the application, the embassy will send you the opening letter and acceptance number for visa pre-examination, as well as the attached physical examination form.

3. Wait for the embassy to issue the pre-evaluation pass notice

You may need to wait patiently for the embassy to issue the pre-evaluation pass notice, which usually takes about 1.5-2 months.

3. Visa duration

There is no fixed time for the Australian study electronic visa processing period. It is true that many visa applications receive results within a month after submission, and usually most reviews can be completed within 1 to 2 months. It takes 3-4 months for an ordinary visa, and it normally takes 2 months to receive the PVA. The Australian Immigration Bureau officially recommends that all applicants submit materials 12 weeks in advance, and the processing cycle is 6-8 weeks. Don’t be stuck on time to apply, because you also have to take into account the visa officer’s work cycle.

IV. Fees

1. Visa application fee:

This is the bulk of the Australian student visa application fee. The current student visa application fee is 560 Australian dollars. According to the current If calculated at an exchange rate of 5, it is almost 2,800 RMB. The visa application fee is submitted to the Immigration Bureau, and the Immigration Bureau will not refund this fee regardless of whether the visa is successful or not.

2. Notarization fee

In the process of applying for an Australian study visa, students are required to apply for some notarization documents. Generally, they include notarization of graduation certificate, degree certificate, transcript, and birth certificate. For notarization, household registration book notarization, etc., students can go to the local notary office for notarization by themselves. Generally speaking, when applying to study in Australia, you are required to make two copies of the document, one to submit to the school, and the other to the student who can back it up for use at any time.

Notarization fees are different for each notary office. For specific information, you can consult the local notary office. In Beijing, the general notary fee is about 150-300 yuan (if a translation by the notary office is required).

3. Physical examination fee

The physical examination fee is also a relatively large expense in the Australian study visa fee, usually around 800-1500 RMB.

Generally, after submitting a visa application, the embassy will provide a physical examination form, and then students can make an appointment for a physical examination. The results of the physical examination will be handed over directly to the embassy by the medical examination hospital. The medical examination fee will be paid directly to the medical examination hospital or physical examination center when the international student undergoes his own physical examination. It should be noted that physical examination is not available in any hospital. You must go to the physical examination center designated by the embassy.

5. Validity period

Under normal circumstances, as long as the application is correct and the application materials are complete and authentic, the visa application speed is still very fast, but the visa is divided into electronic visa and paper visa Visa, so the time is different.

1. The duration of an Australian study visa is determined based on the period of the admission letter, which is usually 2 years. During the validity period, international students can be issued a multiple-entry visa based on the study period.

2. If you have an unconditional admission letter for a six-month English language learning course, and you want to participate in subsequent preparatory courses or degree courses based on the results of this language course, the validity period of the issuance includes A visa for the duration of the language learning course, and a certain amount of grace will be given to allow enough time to go through the visa procedures that need to be extended.

3. If a three-year unconditional admission notice is provided, Australia Study Visa can issue a three-year multiple-entry visa. If you wish to travel to other countries, you will still need to obtain a visa, but advice should be sought from the embassy of the relevant country.

If some students have their Australian study visa expired due to negligence or other reasons. Don’t worry, because according to the relevant provisions of Australian immigration law, if the student Australian visa expires, you can still get an additional 28-day extension. Please note that if the student visa has expired, the applicant can only submit a new visa application once, so please remember to submit it in time.