This visa is designed for international students applying to study in Australia and whose main course of study is:
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.