STUDENT VISAS

Student visas are one of the most popular applications to came to Australia.  When a person apply for a student visa they need to know the class of their visa (type of student visa) and the level of their country (Assessment Level). 

There are 5 Overseas Student Program - Assessment Levels and your Student visa application will be assessed according to your highest Assessment Level. The lowest Assessment Level being Assessment Level 1 and the highest Assessment Level 5.

Look at http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/assessment-levels.pdf  (form 1219i)  to know the level of your country and the class of your course,  as they determine the requirements for your visa.

SKILL VISAS

Many professionals who are in Australia or overseas look for General Skill Migration Scheme (GSM) as an option for a temporary or permanent visa in Australia. To apply for some of these visas you will need to comply with certain requirements as age, level of english, work experience, profession in demand, second language in others. Those skills gives you points and generally you need to comply 120 points,  go to  http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/faq-points-test.pdf to see if you could comply with them. You could also look at http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/_pdf/sol-schedule3.pdf to see if your profession is in demand and the points given.

There is a new Point test that will apply to applications lodged on or after 1 July 2011. The pass mark is likely to be 65. And It will apply to the following visa subclasses:

885 - Skilled Independent

886 - Skilled Sponsored

487 - Skilled Regional Sponsored

175 - Skilled Independent (Offshore)

176 - Skilled Sponsored  (Offshore)

475 - Skilled – Regional Sponsored  (Offshore)

You could access to the new points test on the following link: 

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/points-fact.pdf

If you can not comply with the requirement for a permanent visa or you just want to stay longer in Australia but without studying you may apply for a graduate visa (subclass 485), for this visa  you need to comply with an Australian  study requirement, english level in others. 

People that were  on a 485 graduate visa or were on a vocational course or higher education on the 8 February could apply for  transitional arrangements.