Information about studying in Australia
All student visa applicants must make a declaration that they
have read the www.studyinaustralia.gov.au website. This
contains information on studying and living in Australia.
Information can also be obtained from state and territory
governments and education providers.
About this form
Important – Please read this information carefully before you
complete your application. Once you have completed your
application we strongly advise that you keep a copy for your
records.
Applying online
The department offers a number of convenient internet services
for student visa applicants. To find out whether you are eligible
to apply online for a student visa, refer to the department’s
website www.immi.gov.au/study/pages/study.aspx
If you wish to enter Australia or extend your stay as a student
and you are not eligible to apply online, complete this form in
ENGLISH using BLOCK LETTERS.
To complete this form you must first read these notes and the
information sheet Applying for a student visa available on the
department’s website
www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/applying-student.pdf
Your application must be lodged at the correct address for this
visa application. More information about student visas and
lodgement addresses is available from the department’s
website www.immi.gov.au/study/pages/study.aspx
Please read the information under ‘How to apply’ for the
correct lodgement address for this application.
Who can use this form?
You should use this form if you wish to apply for a student visa
and be assessed against one of the following subclasses:
• Independent ELICOS (subclass 570) visa;
• Schools (subclass 571) visa;
• Vocational Education and Training (subclass 572) visa;
• Higher Education (subclass 573) visa;
• Postgraduate Research (subclass 574) visa;
• Non-Award (subclass 575) visa;
• Foreign Affairs or Defence (subclass 576) visa.
Each subclass is linked to the type of course you intend to
undertake in Australia as your main course of study.
You are not able to use this form to apply for a Student Guardian
(subclass 580) visa. Form 157G Application for a Student
Guardian visa is the only valid form for a Student Guardian visa
application. Form 157G is available from the department’s
website www.immi.gov.au/allforms/index.htm
If you are in Australia and you make, in Australia, a valid
application for a student visa using form 157A, this form also
serves as an application for a bridging A, C or E visa, for which
you may be eligible to apply. Further information on bridging
visas is available on the department’s website
www.immi.gov.au/visas/bridging
For further information about Australia’s student visa
programme, refer to the information sheet Applying for a
student visa available on the department’s website
www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/applying-student.pdf
Integrity of application
The department is committed to maintaining the integrity of
the visa and citizenship programmes. In relation to this
application, if you or a member of your family unit:
• provide, or have provided in a previous application,
fraudulent documents or false or misleading information
(knowingly or not); and/or
• fail to satisfy, or have failed to satisfy in a previous
application, the Minister of your or their identity;
this visa application may be refused and you, and any
members of your family unit, may become unable to be
granted a visa for specified periods of time, as set out in
migration legislation.
If information or documents are found to be fraudulent or
misleading after the grant of a visa, it may subsequently be
cancelled.