One of the main Student Visas Australia for foreign students, is the Subclass 500, allowing them to stay in Australia for up to five years if they choose to study full-time at an Australian institution of higher education.

With these Australian Student Visas, students are free to enrol themselves in a field of study based on their qualifications, include members of the family in their application (their spouse or their dependents), fill out an application for a course in or outside of Australia, and take a job and work alongside studies up to 40 hours every 2 weeks once their course begins.

Student Visas Australia in general, and specifically Subtype 500, start at roughly AUD630, unless you are exempt from paying the visa application fee. The waiting period for Student Visas Australia applicants varies. To study in Australia, international students must demonstrate to the Australian Department of Home Affairs that they fulfil all of the prerequisites for a Student Visas Australia, including Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE), Financial requirement, English Proficiency, Wellbeing and character, entry form, and visa application fee.

The Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) stipulation, launched by the Australian Government in 2011, necessitates the academic candidate applying for a Student Visas Australia to have legitimate intentions to stay temporarily in Australia for educational reasons, or to accompany some other candidate as his/her husband or wife, child, or caregiver.

All overseas students apply for the same student visas for studies in Australia - the Student Visa Subclass 500, which is obtained through an online application process. If you want to switch your degree course to a higher or lower level, you can do so later, but you will need to ask for a new Students Visa to stay in Australia if you choose a lower tier course on the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) or a non-AQF level course.