Introduction
This temporary student visa subclass 500 allows the student to stay in Australia for five years; the primary purpose is to study. According to this visa subclass 500, the student can be elected to continue their studies in an institute in Australia.
Purpose of the visa
- The applicants are eligible to join any type of course in an institute in Australia.
- The applicant can travel to Australia and out of Australia.
- When the course of the applicant started, they can work up to 40 hours in two weeks.
- This visa is a temporary visa.
- According to the temporary visa, the applicant can stay in Australia and continue their studies for five years.
- Any length of the course will decide the period of the stay time.
- The children who are primary school enrolled in 1-4 years but granted their student visa maximum in 2 years.
Stay longer with the student visa subclass 500
The applicant stays longer in Australia with the student visa subclass 500. If any student wants to continue their study in Australia, they can apply for the new student visa. Before completing the graduation degree if the permit will expire, the student can be eligible for the visitor visa subclass 600. The applicant has to submit the starting date of graduation. If an applicant holds a student visa and completed their graduation degree in the next six month, they can be eligible for the temporary graduate visa.
Eligibility criteria of the subclass 500 visa
Eligibility criteria of the visa subclass 500 are mentioned below:
- If the applicant is a school student, the age of the applicant must be six or older than 6 for applying for the visa.
- The applicant has to enroll in any courses and submit all the documents as evidence.
- If the applicant is under 18 years, they have to make a welfare agreement.
- They have to fulfill the requirement of the English language.
- They must have appropriate health insurance.
- If the applicant holds any other visa, they are not eligible for this visa.
- The applicant needs to have a sufficient amount to expense in their living, study and other activities.
- They have to fulfill the health and character requirements of the visa authority.
- If the applicant’s age is 18 or more than 18, they can sign the Australian agreement.
- If the applicant borrows money from the Australian government before the visa application, they have to pay back all the debts.
Including family members
According to this visa subclass 500, the applicant can include their family members in their visa application. The time when the visa applicant submits their visa application, they can also add their family members. The applicants can even their dependent children even in their visa application. Every family member who wants to apply for the visa subclass 500 they have to meet the health and health requirements. The family members also can use for the subsequent entrant.
The application process of the visa subclass 500
- They can apply visa subclass 500 online.
- When the applicant applies for a visa, they can be in Australia or outside of Australia.
- The applicant has to submit all the documents which are essential for the application.
- When they pay the full application charges, the authority granted their visa application.
- In many cases, the processing time of the visa application takes longer.
- If the applicant does not submit all the essential documents.
- If they do not fill the form correctly.
- Many times the authorities want more documents for the application.
- In many cases, the visa authority takes a longer process to verify all the documents.
Processing time of the visa subclass 500
The processing time of the visa application depends on the various sectors.
- Foreign affairs sector: 75% of the visa application under nine days.
90% of the visa application under 23days
- Postgraduate research sector: 90% of the visa application within five months.75% of the visa application within 77 days.
- Higher secondary education sector: 90%of the visa application within 53 days. 75% of the visa application within 15 days.
- Schools education sector: 90% of the visa application within 57 days.75% of the visa application within 29 days.
- Non-award sector: 90% of the visa application within 44 days.75% of the visa application within 28 days.
Cost of the application
The total cost of the visa application is AUD620. This charge is applicable to all the family members who are applying for the visa. The applicant has to pay extra fees for a health checkup, biometrics, and police verification.
Conclusion
According to the visa subclass 500, the applicant can stay in Australia for up to four years for the study. When the visa is valid, the applicant can travel outside Australia as many times as they want.