When it comes to studying in Australia, there are spouses (not limited to husband and wife) who accompany children under the age of 18 to study abroad, in addition to visas that most people know about. The accompanying visa type of spouse is more than half of the total number of applications for accompanying class.
What is an Australian study abroad (guardian / spouse) accompanying visa?
Before understanding Australia's visa policy for studying abroad, first explain the concept of Australian (guardian / spouse) accompanying visa defined by the Australian Immigration Department:
- (guardian) accompanying visa: if an overseas student is under 18 years of age, after obtaining an Australian student visa, the student may, as guardian of the student, carry a family member (usually one of his or her parents) who has attained the age of 18 years. Go to Australia together;
- Accompanying visa: an overseas student who wishes to bring his or her spouse to Australia after obtaining an Australian student visa may apply for an accompanying visa. However, students need to meet certain conditions (see below).
Family members include spouses and children.
Definition of spouse: married, or cohabiting partner.
Definition of a child: under 18 years of age, birth, and adoption by parents through formal channels.
The conditions that the student visa holder must satisfy when he applies for the accompanying visa for his or her family.
The policy for accompanying students in Australia states that most student visas are permitted for family members, but the Immigration Department also specifies the basic conditions that must be met for student visa holders:
- Courses taken in Australia will last more than a year; o
- Students have been studying in Australia for more than a year.
If the student visa holder had a spouse in Australia while studying and asked for a spouse to attend the visa, the student would have to change the information that the student had originally registered with the Immigration Board, such as the student's marital status. And spouse information, etc.
At the same time, as long as the student visa holder meets the requirement that he or she has been studying in Australia for more than a year, his or her spouse can apply for a spouse's accompanying visa. This has nothing to do with the remaining outstanding course time for student visa holders to register in Australia.
For example, A students have been studying in Australia for two years and are expected to complete the remaining six months. When the student returns during the study holiday, his spouse can apply for a visa to accompany his spouse to Australia for the remaining half of the year. However, according to our previous experience, the Australian Department of Immigration usually requires a reasonable explanation and explanation for such short-term attendance, which is usually approved as long as the explanation is reasonable.
On the preparation of the visa guarantee for the spouse to accompany him or he
With regard to the preparation of the guarantee when processing applications for accompanying visas, spouses can prepare for their living expenses of 7100 Australian dollars per year (2018 new standard), plus 2000 Australian dollars for air tickets. And the Australian Department of Immigration is no longer limited to the need for student visa applicants' parents to act as guarantors for spouses to attend the visa.
Spouses have the same working rights as student visa holders (who must apply for Australian student visas for the first time) and can attend full-time studies in Australia for no more than three months.
We can see that Australia is a country with great cultural inclusiveness and diversity, and all the policies are made humanized.
