• A primary school course;

• A secondary school course, including junior and senior secondary; OR

• An approved secondary school exchange program.

If you are studying ELICOS as a pre-requisite to another course, you must apply for the visa appropriate to your main course of study. If you are studying several courses, the main course is the higher level course.

Example: If you plan to complete a three-month ELICOS before starting a Bachelor of Arts degree, you must apply for the Higher Education Sector visa.

Duration

With the Schools student visa, you can study and live in Australia for as long as you are enrolled in a course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) and must follow all conditions applied in the visa.

• Courses that lead to a certificate I, II, III or IV
• Courses that lead to Diploma or Degree in University
• Courses that result in no formal Australian award.

Before you apply for this visa type, you must have been accepted to study full-time from an educational institution in Australia.

Visa Duration
With the ELICOS student visa, you can study and live in Australia for as long as you are enrolled in a course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) and must follow all conditions applied in the visa.

• A certificate I, II, III and IV (except ELICOS – please click here for details on the ELICOS visa);
• A diploma;
• An advanced diploma;
• A vocational graduate certificate; OR
• A vocational graduate diploma.

You must have been accepted to study full-time at an educational institution in Australia before you apply for this visa.
Visa Duration
With the Vocational Education and Training Sector Student Visa, you can study and live in Australia for as long as you are enrolled in a course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) and must follow all conditions applied in the visa.

• Bachelor degree;
• Associate degree
• Graduate certificate
• Graduate diploma; AND
• Masters by coursework.

Visa Duration

With the Higher Education Sector Student Visa, you can study and live in Australia for as long as you are enrolled in a course registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) and must follow all conditions applied in the visa.