Student visa (subclass 500) document checklist
To study full time in a registered course in Australia.
Identity
- Pages of the current passport showing the photo, personal details, and issue and expiry dates
- National identity card, if the applicant has one
- Proof of any change of name (e.g. marriage or divorce certificate, change of name documents from a Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages or overseas authority)
Enrolment
- Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) for a full-time CRICOS-registered course, for all intended courses, valid at lodgement and at decision
- Letter of support (DFAT or Defence sponsored), Acceptance Advice of Secondary Exchange Student form, or provider letter (postgraduate research thesis marking), where these apply
Genuine Student requirement
- Answers in English to the Genuine Student questions in the online application (150-word limit each)
- Supporting documents attached in ImmiAccount
English, money and health cover
- Evidence of English test results, or of an exemption, if required
- Evidence of financial capacity if the Document Checklist Tool asks for it. Without it the application may be refused without a request for more information
- Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for everyone in the application, for the proposed visa period
- Polio vaccination certificate if applying outside Australia after time in a country at risk of polio
Students under 18
- Evidence of appropriate welfare arrangements
- Consent from parent(s) or guardian(s) to travel to and live in Australia
Partner included in the application
- Partner's identity and character documents
- Marriage certificate, or documents proving a de facto relationship (e.g. relationship registration, joint bank accounts, joint bills, joint lease or mortgage)
- Documents about other relationships, if applicable
Dependent children
- Birth certificates (or family book) showing the names of both parents for each child under 18
- Adoption papers, if applicable
- Consent from anyone with a legal right to decide where a child under 18 lives (parental responsibility documents)
- For children 18 and over: proof they meet the dependency rules on the official page (the age and dependency tests are set out there)
- Home Affairs' own Document Checklist Tool gives the exact list for each passport country and education provider. It is updated on 31 March and 30 September and at other times.
- New rules for Student visas apply from 2 October 2026: check the official page before advising.