MY AUS VISA — PRIVATE TEMPORARY-VISA-TO-STUDENT LOCATION CHECKLIST
Reviewed: 4 October 2026

Keep your visa reference, passport number and course documents on your own device. This worksheet is not an application or individual eligibility decision.

CURRENT AUSTRALIAN STATUS
[ ] Read my current grant and VEVO record. Note the visa subclass, permitted stay end date and study, work and No Further Stay conditions.
[ ] If I am in Australia on Visitor 600, ETA 601 or eVisitor 651, check the Student 500 onshore exclusion list. A course offer does not remove it.
[ ] If I hold Working Holiday 417 or Work and Holiday 462, the 2 October Student 500 affected-visa list requires me to be outside Australia for lodging and grant. The course offer or CoE does not change that.
[ ] If I hold another temporary visa, check the live affected-visa list rather than assuming my subclass permits an onshore Student application.
[ ] If I already hold a Student visa, check the limited exemptions for an additional onshore Student application. A secondary Student moving to a primary Student must apply offshore.

STUDENT ROUTE
[ ] Check the course and provider on CRICOS, and the valid Confirmation of Enrolment for the planned course.
[ ] Use the Student 500 document tool for my passport country and education provider immediately before lodging.
[ ] Check OSHC, Genuine Student answers and any financial, English, health or character evidence required for my application.
[ ] If I must apply offshore, be outside Australia both when lodging and when the Student visa is granted. An offshore application gives no linked Bridging visa. Check my lawful stay and travel rights separately.
[ ] Do not begin longer study or employment until the visa I actually hold permits it. Wait for the written Student decision and read its conditions.

New application-location rules: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/changes-to-student-visa-application-rules-500-590/applying-in-australia
Student 500 eligibility and affected visa list: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/student-500
Student document tool: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/web-evidentiary-tool
VEVO: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/already-have-a-visa/check-visa-details-and-conditions/overview
CRICOS: https://cricos.education.gov.au/
Our guide: https://myausvisa.com/student-visa-500-from-visitor-visa-australia
