LIN 24/109

Migration (Evidence of Intended Course of Study for Student Visa Applications) Specification 2024

I, Karin Maier, delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated   19 December 2024

Karin Maier

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

Part 2—Evidence of intended course of study

4  Specification of evidence of intended course of study

Part 3—Application provisions

5  Application of this instrument

Schedule 1—Repeals

Evidence of Intended Course of Study 2017/013 (IMMI 17/013)

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

  This instrument is the Migration (Evidence of Intended Course of Study for Student Visa Applications) Specification 2024.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences on 1 January 2025.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraph 1222(5)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994.

Part 2—Evidence of intended course of study

4  Specification of evidence of intended course of study

 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 1222(3)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Migration Regulations 1994, for an applicant seeking to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 500 (Student) visa, the application must be accompanied by evidence of the applicant’s intended courses of study in Australia, or activities related to study in Australia, that satisfies one or more of the requirements specified in subsection (2).

 (2) The specified requirements are that the evidence is:

 (a) a confirmation of enrolment number (that has not been cancelled or revoked) for each of the applicant’s intended courses of study, included in the relevant field in the application form; or

 (b) in the case of a:

 (i) Foreign Affairs student—a letter of support from the Foreign Minister, attached to the application;

 (ii) Defence student—a letter of support from the Defence Minister, attached to the application;

 (iii) secondary exchange student—an AASES form relating to the applicant, attached to the application; or

 (c) a letter, attached to the application, from the applicant’s relevant education provider that states that the provider requires the applicant to remain in Australia during the marking of the applicant’s postgraduate thesis.

Part 3—Application provisions

5  Application of this instrument

  This instrument applies in relation to an application for a Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visa made on or after the commencement of the instrument, where the applicant seeks to satisfy the primary criteria for the grant of a Subclass 500 (Student) visa.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Evidence of Intended Course of Study 2017/013 (IMMI 17/013)

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.