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Routes to Australia: student or trainee
Per sources (unverified): student visa (subclass 500) is open, with a Genuine Student test and mandatory health cover
The student visa is open, but each application is judged on a Genuine Student test built from your own written answers and evidence, and refusals are possible. English-language minimums were announced to rise for applications lodged from 23 March 2024, but the current test and score are NOT VERIFIED here. You must hold Overseas Student Health Cover for the whole stay. We could not confirm the current fee, the funds you must show, the work-hour cap, or the reported October 2026 family-inclusion change.
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0 study paths are named in Australia's official demand list, ranked below.
What Australia wants, in its own order
This order is the official shortage analysis, not our opinion. The source is linked under the list.
The routes
Each route below is a separate permit with its own listed requirements. A requirement you do not meet can stop an application for that route, however strong the rest of the case is. A requirement we cannot confirm is shown as unknown, not as a failure.
Student visa (Student visa (subclass 500))
Preview — under verificationVisa to study full-time at a recognised institution; the Genuine Student test is an assessment of your own answers and evidence, and fees, financial-capacity amounts and current work-hour limits are not confirmed here.
Who this is for
- Applicants with a place at a recognised Australian education provider
You must have every one of these
- Meet the Genuine Student requirement (applies to applications lodged on or after 23 March 2024); plans to seek permanent residence later do not count against you
- Hold Overseas Student Health Cover for the whole stay (most students)
- English-language evidence: the current test and minimum score are NOT VERIFIED (not yet verified — official source could not be read: Home Affairs; Study Australia news announced higher minimums for applications lodged from 23 March 2024 without current scores being confirmed here)
- Financial capacity and enrolment documents: NOT VERIFIED
Source: Home Affairs — Student visa (subclass 500) (checked 2026-11-07; document dated 2026-11-05; Government or public body) · Home Affairs — Genuine Student requirement (checked 2026-11-07; document dated 2026-09-24; Government or public body) · Home Affairs — Work restrictions for student visa holders (temporary relaxation page) (checked 2026-11-07; Government or public body)
What it costs
How long it takes
Timeline not published by the authority
Home Affairs processing times not yet verified. Application charges are published by Home Affairs in a script-rendered table and estimator; could not be read here, so no fee is shown.
Published figures for this route
Published figures on how often this route is used, with their sources.
23,665 (13.3% of 178,194 total grants in the period; 22,464 in same period of 2024)
Student visas granted to Indian citizens, 1 Jul to 31 Dec 2025 (all locations; primary and review grants)
Source: Home Affairs — Student visa and Temporary Graduate visa program report at 31 December 2025 (BR0097) (checked 2026-11-07; Government or public body)
88,306
Indian-citizen student visa holders in Australia at 31 December 2025 (stock, not grants)
Source: Home Affairs — Student visa and Temporary Graduate visa program report at 31 December 2025 (BR0097) (checked 2026-11-07; Government or public body)
Documents, insurance, housing and money
These needs are the same whichever track you choose, so they are published once for Australia, with sources and check dates.
Quick answers
Which routes to Australia exist on the student or trainee track?
Per sources (unverified): student visa (subclass 500) is open, with a Genuine Student test and mandatory health cover
How long does it take?
Timeline not published by the authority. Home Affairs processing times not yet verified. Application charges are published by Home Affairs in a script-rendered table and estimator; could not be read here, so no fee is shown.
How much does it cost?
The published costs on this page are in different currencies, so there is no single total. Items that are not in that total, such as proof of funds or later permit fees, are labelled on this page where our sources state them.