La Trobe University
05 Mar 2022
13:30 - 15:30
Chandigarh
All of our student services are free of charge
Study in
Australia
Australia offers a diverse range of study options for international students. It promotes quality education and protection for international students and provides them with post-graduation work opportunities.
International students can study at all levels of education from secondary school to vocational education and training (VET) and higher education (including universities).
Facts
OFFICIAL NAME Commonwealth of Australia
FORM OF GOVERNMENT Federal parliamentary democracy
CAPITAL Canberra
POPULATION 25.7 million
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE English
MONEY Australian dollar
AREA 7,692,024 square kilometres
STATES AND TERRITORIES Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
TIME ZONE
- West Australia Standard Time (AWST) UTC +08:00
- Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) UTC +09:30
- Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) UTC +10:00
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Step 1 Attend a counselling session with our team
During this session, our expert will help you to choose the course and institute that meets your career and financial aspirations.
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Step 2 Apply for Admission
We apply for admission on your behalf and coordinate with the respective institute to track the progress of your application.
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Step 3 Provide documents for GTE approval from institute
At this stage, you need to submit the financials as request by the institute. If there were any conditions included in your offer letter, you must have met the conditions by this step.
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Step 4 Accept Offer, Pay the required tuition fee
At this stage, you need to pay the tuition fee as request by the institute in the offer letter. Our office can help you with the foreign exchange transaction.
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Step 5 Apply for student visa
We check all your documents to ensure that they meet the student visa requirements. We lodge the student visa application on your behalf and track the progress of the same.
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Step 6 Undertake Medical Examination
You need to undertake the medical examination with the doctors approved by the Australian government.
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Step 7 Make travel arrangements
Our office can help you make all travel arrangement so that you can start your new life with convenience. We help you with buying insurance, booking accommodation, buying foreign exchange, etc.
To study in Australia, you must apply for a student visa. The type of course and its length will determine the length of stay. In this section, you can get an overview of the student visa requirements. Click here to contact an experienced visa specialist to determine your eligibility.
You must include an evidence of enrolment in form of Electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCoE). This confirms that you have been accepted into an approved course by meeting all the entry requirements including English and employment where applicable.
The first step to get eCoE is to apply for admission into your desired course. Once you have received an offer letter, you need to pay the tuition fees and meet all the requirements listed in your admission offer letter.
Depending on the country you have received your qualifications or your country of citizenship, you may be required to meet the English language requirements. The following tests are acceptable for the student visa purposes
| English language test providers | Minimum score | Minimum score and at least 10 weeks English Courses | Minimum score and at least 20 weeks English Courses |
|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| TOEFL internet-based test | 46 | 35 | 32 |
| Cambridge English: CAE | 162 | 154 | 147 |
| PTE Academic | 42 | 36 | 30 |
| Occupational English Test | B for each test component | N/A | N/A |
As an international student, you and your family members must have and maintain adequate health insurance for the whole of your stay in Australia. This is known as “Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC)”.
Our team can help you arrange this or you can buy this from your education provider.
To receive the student visa, you need to demonstrate your financial capacity to support your education in Australia. You must demonstrate that you (or your sponsor) have access to sufficient funds to cover your tuition fees (for yourself and any school aged dependents), living costs and travel costs for you and your accompanying family members.
Our team of visa specialists are fully trained to assess your eligibility and make it easier for you.
As an applicant for a student visa must show they are coming to Australia on temporarily basis and to gain education. This does not exclude students who intend to apply for permanent residence after completing their studies. Some of the things you need to do to meet this requirement include:
- Write a personal statement
- Previous study
- Reasons for gap in studies, if any
- Current employment status, if applicable
- Your immigration history (previous visa applications for Australia or other countries) including visa refusals, if applicable
- Financial stability
You can find out more about Genuine temporary entrant requirement.
As a student, you can bring your spouse and children to Australia if the student's course duration is 12 months or longer. You can apply for the their visa at the same time as your student visa, or later after you have commenced your course.
You must declare all family members in your visa application, even if they do not plan to travel with them. If you do not declare all your family members, they will not be eligible to apply for a dependant visa once you have arrived in Australia.
Our experience consultants can help you apply for a dependant visa for your spouse and children and make it easier for you.
If you are under 18 years of age, you must provide evidence that you have welfare arrangements in place when you apply for a student visa if you will be under 18 when you arrive in Australia. You can do this by either nominating a guardian (who meets the requirements to be guardian) with your application or having a confirmation from the education provider that the appropriate accommodation and welfare arrangements are in place. These arrangements need to be in place until such time that you turn 18 or for the duration of your student visa.
Our team can help you with this process by making it easier for you.
Reliable, professional and credible. Oceanic Consultants takes care of everything.KAVISH KESARBachelor of Business (Accounting) — Holmesglen, Australia
I had a very good experience with Oceanic Consultants. Everything went on smoothly.RICHA VERMABachelor of Nursing — Australian Catholic University, Australia
Oceanic Consultants has been like a true friend and guide. They showed the right direction and made things easier.SURAJ MOHAN SHARMABachelor of Commerce — Deakin University, Australia
Australian Education Events
Interview sessions are great ways to get the information you need about the education institutions you like. Here is your opportunity to meet directly with the university representatives of your selected study destination. To register for an interview session, please select from the events listed below.
Melbourne Institute Of Technology
09 Mar 2022
10:30 - 11:30
Chandigarh
Can't see an education event you are interested in?
Just register your details and we'll notify you when more events become available.
From 1 July 2023, work restrictions for student visa holders will be re-introduced.
The Australian Government has announced that student visa holders already working in the aged care sector on 9 May 2023 can continue to work unrestricted hours in the aged care sector until 31 December 2023.
From 1 July 2023, work restrictions for all other student visa holders will be re-introduced and capped at the increased rate of 48 hours per fortnight.
Work restrictions for student visa holders (homeaffairs.gov.au)
Post-study work rights for international students that have graduated from an Australian higher education provider.
The Government has released the list of occupations and the eligible qualifications that will enable graduates to access greater work rights.
These extended work rights come into effect from 1 July 2023. Current settings will be increased by two years. This will extend post study work rights from
- two years to four years for select Bachelor degrees
- three years to five years for select Masters degrees
- four years to six years for all Doctoral degrees.
Existing settings for regional and remote Australia will also be maintained, and where relevant, will be eligible for the additional two years