Visas for students and guardians

• The first strategy is usually used for families where one parent is a businessman and he wants to send the family (the second parent and children) to study in Australia.
• The second common strategy is when a single parent wants to come to Australia and find a partner, live together and get a partner visa from overseas. Such parents usually come at their own expense or at the expense of their parents (grandparents of the student).
• The third strategy is a route for families who expect to obtain permanent residence in Australia for a child after his education and then obtain permanent residence themselves through parent visas.

• In fact, the visa requirements are very similar to standard student visas. For example, parents need to provide appropriate financial guarantees.
• You will also need to organize medical insurance: for a student – student insurance, for a guardian – visitor cover.
• Children do not need to take any entrance exams, including English. The school will test the child upon arrival to understand whether a child can start studying at school immediately or additional English course is needed.

• However, there are significant restrictions that are placed on the guardian visa – there are no working rights, and the guardian cannot formally study for more than 3 months.
• It is also not possible to apply for any other visa while in Australia with a guardian visa.

By the way, once during a pandemic, I managed to remove such a restriction, and the guardian was able to get a partner’s visa!