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Studying in Australia

Student Dependent Checklist

If you wish to apply to join a family member who is in Australia as the holder of a Student visa, you will need to apply for the same Student visa subclass as your family member. To be granted a Student visa due to your relationship with a nominating student, you must be the partner of the student (including de-facto partner), or the child of the nominating student or their partner.

NOTE: If you were a family member of the Student visa holder at the time of grant of their Student visa and you were not declared as a family member on the application form, you are ineligible to apply for a Student dependent visa.

If you wish to study in Australia for more than 3 months, you should apply for your own Student visa (ie. as the ‘primary applicant’).

HOW TO APPLY?

Please see "Contact Us".

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
(1) Taiwan Passport holders: Valid passport for each person included in the application if lodged in person. If lodged by mail provide a certified copy of passport.If you are not a Taiwan passport holders, and do not hold an ETA eligible passport, you should provide a valid passport with application

(2) Completed and signed application form (Form 157A);

(3) One recent passport sized photo;

(4) Visa application charge. Payment of the visa application charge must be in New Taiwan dollars. Australian Visa Services does not accept payment in Australian Dollars. For the current amount and payment methods see Fees;

(5) Completed and signed Student nomination form (Form 919) completed by the nominating student in Australia;

(6) Certified copy of the personal details page from the nominating student’s passport;

(7) An original letter from the nominating student’s current educational institution stating the course being undertaken, the length of that course and whether the student is satisfying course and attendance requirements;

(8) For Taiwan passport holders, you should provide an original copy of your household register to prove your relationship with the nominating student. For other passport holders you should provide officially issued birth and/or marriage certificates. If the nominating student did not list you as a dependent in their last student visa application, you must also demonstrate that you have become dependent on that student since their last student visa application. If you are in a de-facto relationship with the nominating student, you should provide evidence to show that you been living with them for at least 12 months immediately prior to your application and that you have a genuine and exclusive relationship with them;

(9) Evidence that you have paid for Overseas Students Health Cover (OSHC) for the entire period of stay. This will usually be paid for by the nominating student in Australia. You may be covered in a combined policy with the nominating student, but you will need to provide evidence that the policy includes you.  For more information on OSHC see Overseas Student Health Cover;

(10) If you are required to undergo a medical examination you will be sent a letter requesting you to go to our panel doctor. You must take this letter with you to the doctor as the HAP ID contained in the letter is needed for your medical examination. For more information please refer to Form 1163i- Health Requirement for temporary entry to Australia

Depending on your circumstances, you may also be requested to provide other documents to assist in the assessment of your application. Your case officer will advise you if any of these documents are required.

* Note: If you or your guardian are required to provide a Police Clearance, they should apply for a 'National Police Check' from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) prior to lodging a visa application. Please note that this Police Check must be issued by the AFP. We cannot accept Police Checks issued by any other state government or police services, even if these indicate that AFP records have been checked.

AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME
Ten working days

 

 
Page Last Updated: 8 November 2011