To Study in Australia for 3 months or more, you can aplply for a student visa. You can apply from any country you are living in. The process involves 4 steps, which are: the Course, the Visa, Accommodation, and the Flight Tickets.
EACH COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN RULES, SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NEAREST AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY OR GO TO THE AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION WEB SITE TO SEE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS. YOU MUST TELL THE ASA'S AGENT WHICH COUNTRY YOU ARE FROM, SO ASA CAN HELP YOU. THIS IS ONLY A GENERAL LIST FOR MOST COUNTRIES.
1) Your Budget: Make a financial survey of all your needs. It has to take in account the cost of the course, of the didactic materials, the transport, the food, the accommodation, the visa and the flight ticket. Also contact the Embassy of Australia closest to you to see the requirements of the Student Visa
2) Passport: Do you have a passport? Yes No, please make it urgently with your closest Federal Police. If YES, than go to the next step.
3) Choose the city where you want to Study: This step is very important, therefore time that the visa was emitted, you will not be able to change the course, or city, not otherwise the institution you enrolled has branch offices in other Australian cities. The exchange of educational supplier only can occur with the authorization of Immigration and for very important reasons.
4) Choose your Course: with visit our web site to see about the Institutions and the courses prices. Than choose the ones that you are interested on it. After you have chosen, we supply more details about them. If the institution that you are looking for could not be found in this web site, please inform ASA's agent by email or on the Enquiry form! We will go to search all the information for you!
OUR AGENCY IS MANAGED IN AUSTRALIA, ON WHICH MAKES OUR INFORMATION OFTEN UPDATED WITH THE INSTITUTIONS.
5) Choose the Accommodation: in general the international students stay in Homestay accommodation - average of AUD$200 per week with 2 or 3 daily meals) in the first month of study in Australia, to adapt themselves with the place, the culture and to develop the English language. There is also avaliable with some Institutions the Student house, and the Au Pair Accommodation in some Australian cities. You also have the option to be on Backpackers (it varies of $29 the $60 per day). After its adaptation in the Australia, you will be able for choosing to Share accommodation with other students - average of $100 per week or even though to rent your own place (Rental of $200 $400 per week, depending of how many dormitories it will have - what requires documentation and references of people to supply to the real estate).
6) Book your Flight Tickets: Vook your flight ticket with your favourite travel agency in your country, but do not pay it until having gotten the Visa granted. Also try to arrange the date of your Flight next to the start date of your course, so you can have a rest vefore start your classes.
7) Fill out the Enrolment Form: The ASA's agent will send the Enrolment form of the school you have chosen. After filling and signing it, you need to send by email or fax and return for the agent who is making the process for you.
8) ASA will enroll you: ater the enrolment with the choosen institution, ASA's agent will send you a Letter of Offer from the Institutions chosen to you by email or fax, as well as the Tax Invoice, on which contains all the payments details for you to transfer the money for the Institution.
9) Payement to the Institution: This payment is a Telegraphic bank transfer to overseas banks. We advise you to search which bank has lower fees to do this kind of transaction. Or if to prefer, you could use the credit card with the most of the Institutions, but for this modality, the institutions charge a service tax (it depends on each school).
10) Receving the COE (Confirmation Of Enrolment): After the institution has received the payment, it goes to issue a COE and send for the ASA' agent which is making the process with you. You will receive the COE by email or fax. This is the official document that the Embassy of Australia will ask you on the list of documentations that you need to provide for your student visa. In case that it has an error in the spelling of your name and excessively data, you must request to the ASA's agent to forward to the isntitution to correct it and send it again. All the numbers that appear in the COE must be clearly legible.
11) Medical Exams: A X ray of the Thorax and medical examination, are requirements for the visa. Please see the list of credential doctors of the Embassy of Australia in your country (just select the country you are from and ready about it). In case that it does not have a credential doctor next to your city or, you should contacts the Embassy for instructions of how to proceed. Attention: The examinations have limited validity therefore makes only 1 month before applying for your visa. A copy of the results will be sent for the Embassy.
12) Apply for the Student Visa: You must attach the COE with the other documents on your Student Visa application. The visa process is simple and direct, and it ccould be done with or without the help from and Immigrant agent.
You can do a search for Immigrant agents in your country here .
Attention: Never ever lie or omit facts about your life for the Embassy of Australia, because they will check everything that you have sent to them.
13) After you have received your Student Visa: Confirm and pay the flight ticket and do the same with your check about your accommodation arrangements.
14) Call to everybody: tell all your family and friends the good news! Organise the luggage and make an excellent trip, because ASA will be with you in Australia!
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