Australia is quick turning into a favored destination as far as abroad education among Indian students is concerned. Presently, this “place that is known for kangaroos” pulls in the third-biggest number of universal students in the English-speaking world after the US and the UK. Australia is the main choice of study destination for Indian Students.
We have focused resources on visa processing. This includes recruiting new staff. We have reallocated staff to focus on offshore skilled, student and visitor visas so that more people can travel to Australia.We are reviewing our processes. Wherever we can we aim to streamline the processing of applications without compromising program integrity.
We expect that processing times will improve in the coming months. Visa processing times are published on our website as new data is available. We have a large number of older cases on-hand as well as increasing numbers of new applications. We are working through these as quickly as possible. Processing times are currently impacted by those older applications, but this will improve once we have worked through them.
Applications can be made online at the Department of Home Affairs. Have all you documents ready to complete the application and payment to ensure you visa application is valid.
The cost of applying for the Student Guardian visa (subclass 590) is AUD $560.00. Processing times may take up to 4 months. It’s recommended you check the processing times here.
To be eligible to apply for the Student Guardian visa (subclass 590) you must meet this eligibility criteria: be the student’s parent, legal guardian or relative have enough money to support yourself and the student during your stay be able to provide accommodation and other support be at least 21 years of age.
