Requirements for studying in Australia and related matters needing attention

While studying in Australia, Australia's higher education system allows students to transfer and change majors. As long as the applicant provides sufficient materials to the school to prove that he has the potential and learning ability to apply for this major, it is possible to apply successfully. The possibility of changing schools or majors is to abide by clause 85 16 in the student visa. These clauses mainly have two requirements:

1. Student visa holders must keep their courses under the original visa category.

If students want to switch between courses at the same level in the same school, they don't need to apply for a visa again, just declare the COE of the new course to the Immigration Bureau.

However, if students want to change courses at different levels and the types of student visas have changed, they need to apply for a new student visa, so that students who are already in Australia do not need to go through complicated visa application procedures.

If students need to transfer, they must complete the six-month main course at the school applying for a visa. If you want to transfer after completing the main course for 6 months, you need to get the consent of the current school and issue a release letter. Before that, your new school needs to issue a new admission notice for you. When the new school receives the release letter from your previous school, it will send you a COE and then allow you to register. Of course, after you change schools, you also need to inform the Immigration Bureau to provide a new COE.

2. Students need to prove that they still have enough financial strength to support themselves and their accompanying classmates in other studies and lives in Australia.

(1) is still in the same school, just transfer to other departments or majors, and only need the consent of the school. If there is a vacant position, the school can directly transfer to a major without notifying the Immigration Bureau. Applicants only need to fill in the relevant application form at the school before the start of school. After being approved, they can adjust the changes in tuition fees, go through the admission procedures and start new courses.

If you have been studying in the main course for less than 6 months, but want to transfer. You need to get the offer from the new school first, and then you need to inform the school and apply for a release letter. If the approval of the school is successful, after getting the release letter, go to the school to apply for a new COE, so that the transfer can be completed. Don't be too nervous if your old school rejects your transfer application. As long as you have sufficient and reasonable reasons to transfer, you can make representations to the Ministry of Education and strive for the opportunity of release.

Many students are assigned several weeks of language courses when they apply for schools, because the language does not meet the entrance requirements, or they need to take preparatory courses or diploma courses when they start their bachelor's degrees. The language courses, preparatory courses or diploma courses here are preparatory courses, not main courses. So if you haven't considered whether your chosen major is suitable for you and whether you want to transfer, try not to apply for a packaged course when applying for a visa for the first time.

I have studied the main course for more than 6 months, but I want to transfer, and the course level remains unchanged. In this case, there is no need to apply for a new visa because the visa category has not changed. In most cases, schools can't refuse. After getting the COE of the new school, the applicant can register in the new school without notifying the immigrants.

After studying the main course for more than 6 months, I want to transfer, and the level of the course has also changed. For example, some students are studying undergraduate courses, but they find the courses difficult and want to transfer to other schools to study diploma courses. This situation is that the visa category has changed and it is necessary to apply for a new visa. The materials to be prepared for applying for a new visa are the same as those to be prepared and passed before applying for a student visa.