
Student visa
Full-time study in a registered course. Most applicants must now apply from outside Australia.
- Main charge from 1 July 2026
- A$2,500
Visa library / General information
All 77 visa guides in one place: what each visa is for, the charge from 1 July 2026 and the Department's processing guide. This library describes published rules. It does not tell anyone which visa suits them; that is advice, and Immi Worldwide refers it to a registered migration agent.


Full-time study in a registered course. Most applicants must now apply from outside Australia.

A parent or eligible relative coming to care for a student under 18.

Work in Australia after eligible Australian study, usually for 18 months to 3 years.

Permanent visa for invited skilled workers with no employer, state or family sponsor.

Permanent visa for skilled workers nominated by an Australian state or territory.

Five-year regional visa with state nomination or a relative's sponsorship. Places cut to 14,110 in 2026-27.

Permanent visa for 491 and 494 holders after 3 years in regional Australia.

Invitation-only permanent visa for an internationally recognised record of exceptional achievement.

How skills assessments work for skilled, employer and graduate visas.

Twelve months of holiday and work for young people from 19 partner places.

Holiday and work for 18 to 30 year olds from 30 countries. Ballot for China, India and Vietnam.

Up to 2 years of work for recent Indian graduates in eligible fields, by ballot.

Permanent visa for Pacific and Timor-Leste nationals selected in the annual ballot.

Short and long-term work for Pacific and Timor-Leste workers recruited by approved employers.

Short-term work in a specific activity: entertainment, sport, religious work, research, staff exchange, special programs, invited events, superyacht crew, domestic work for executives and Government endorsed events.

Work under government agreements, for foreign government agencies, as a domestic worker for a diplomat, or with privileges and immunities. MATES and PALM are separate guides.

Read the general information guide.

Employer sponsored work for up to 4 years: Specialist Skills, Core Skills or Labour Agreement stream.

Permanent employer sponsored visa: Direct Entry, Temporary Residence Transition or Labour Agreement.

Five-year regional employer sponsored visa with a pathway to the 191.

Workplace training or professional development. Sponsor and nomination must be approved before you apply.

Highly specialised, short, non-ongoing work, usually up to 6 months.

Agreements for employers whose needs fall outside standard settings, used with the 482, 494 and 186.

For the spouse or de facto partner of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen, applying in Australia.

The partner pathway applied for from outside Australia.

For a fiance outside Australia who will marry the sponsor within 9 to 15 months.

Permanent parent visa, applied for outside Australia. New applications face a queue estimated at about 42 years.

For parents of Age Pension age applying in Australia. Queue estimated at about 42 years.

Higher-cost parent visas applied for outside Australia, with a queue estimated at about 18 years.

Contributory parent visas for parents of Age Pension age in Australia. Queue about 18 years.

Visits of 3 or 5 years at a time, up to 10 years in total, without the parent queue. No work.

For a dependent child of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.

For a child adopted, or being adopted, outside Australia by an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Lets a child join a parent who holds a temporary partner visa.

For a child under 18 whose parents cannot care for them, sponsored by a relative.

For an older, single relative who depends on family in Australia. Queue about 26 years.

For a person whose only near relatives live in Australia. Queue about 26 years.

For a relative who will give long-term care to a family member in Australia. Queue about 16 years.

Five years to live and work in Australia for non-New Zealand family members of a New Zealand citizen.

Tourism, family visits and business visits: Tourist, Sponsored Family, Business Visitor, Approved Destination Status and Frequent Traveller streams.

Free online visitor visa for eligible European passport holders.

Applied for through the Australian ETA app by eligible passport holders.

Passing through Australia for up to 72 hours on the way to another country.

Medical treatment, organ donation or supporting a patient.

For people in Australia who engage Australia's protection obligations. General information only.

Refugee and humanitarian visas, usually applied for outside Australia. General information only.

Electronic record for international airline crew, registered by the airline under the Special Purpose visa framework.

Free visa for foreign crew arriving by sea on an eligible ship on an international voyage.

Granted automatically to people with a prescribed status, such as foreign armed forces members and airline crew. You do not apply.

Three-year protection visa for people who arrived without a visa or were not immigration cleared. General information only.

Five-year protection visa with a commitment to work or study in regional Australia. General information only.

Permanent visa for eligible TPV and SHEV holders who arrived before 14 February 2023. General information only.

Granted at the border in limited circumstances. Home Affairs lists a charge for it but publishes no visa page.

For accredited diplomatic and consular staff. Arranged through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Keep you lawful while an onshore application or review is decided. Travel needs a Bridging B.

For permanent residents whose travel facility has ended or is ending.

For permanent residents who meet the residence, character and test requirements.

What the health requirement means and when a health waiver may be available.

The visa most New Zealand citizens receive on arrival, letting them live, work and study in Australia.

Permanent visa for some former permanent residents who grew up in Australia, and for certain pre-1981 Australian Defence Force members.

Return travel for some former holders of provisional visas. Home Affairs lists a charge for it but publishes no visa page.

For some Australian citizens who also hold another nationality. Home Affairs lists a charge for it but publishes no visa page.

Review of most onshore refusals and cancellations, and some sponsor-initiated reviews. Deadlines cannot be extended.

A request to the Minister after a Tribunal decision, under the current Ministerial Instructions.

Notices of intention to cancel, character decisions and revocation requests. Respond within the time given.
Charges: Department of Home Affairs. Processing: Global visa processing times. Information checked 22 October 2026.
How any of these rules applies to a particular person, which visa to choose, and any application are immigration assistance, given only by a registered migration agent.
Immi Worldwide does not give immigration assistance. For advice about your own situation, Immi Worldwide can refer you to Sukh Sandhu, Registered Migration Agent, MARN 1384130, of The Immigration Worldwide Pty Ltd, or you can choose any registered migration agent.
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Immi Worldwide does not give immigration assistance and does not charge for it. We give general information and settlement support, and refer visa matters to Sukh Sandhu, Registered Migration Agent, MARN 1384130, of The Immigration Worldwide Pty Ltd. The registration is personal, with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA).
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