This visa allows you to visit and support a child who holds a student visa.
With this visa, you can:
To be eligible for a Subclass 590 - Student Guardian visa, you must:
You can be in or outside Australia when you apply for the visa.
You can apply in Australia if you hold a substantive visa except for one of these:
You must be:
You will provide care and support for:
For this visa, a relative is the student’s:
You must be able to provide accommodation, general welfare and support to the student.
You must show evidence that you have enough money to pay for your stay in Australia.
You need to have enough money to pay for:
You must make adequate arrangements for the accommodation, support and welfare of any member of your family who:
You must maintain adequate health cover for the whole of your stay if you are granted this visa.
You must only intend to:
Note: You must have substantially complied with the conditions of the last substantive or subsequent bridging visa that you held.
You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet the Department’s health and character requirements.
Our Registered Migration Agents will review your visa eligibility and advise if you are eligible to apply for the visa.
We will assist you in gathering all the necessary documents to support your visa application including,
Once the documents are ready, we will assist you in applying for the visa
You must apply for this visa online. You should apply for your visa at least 6 weeks before the student’s course starts.
Once your visa application is lodged, we will wait to hear from the Department.
Usually, the Department will respond by sending you a “Request for Further Information” – if they require further information/documentation to finalise your application.
If the visa is granted, you will receive,
If not, you will be informed,
We have summarised a cost estimate for a Subclass 590 - Student Guardian application as below.
Paid directly to the Department of Home Affairs
This applies if the applicants are onshore. Paid directly to the Department of Home Affairs
(NOT REQUIRED FOR 2022) Paid directly to the agency (i.e.; BUPA in Australia) that conducts your medical checks
Paid directly to Australian Federal Police that conducts your character checks
Paid directly to Overseas authorities that conducts your character checks
75% of applications are processed in 3 months
90% of applications are processed in 5 months
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