How to Apply for a Student Guardian Visa for Australia

Thousands of students from many countries come to Australia on study visa every year and many of those students are too young, or say, below 18 years of age. Generally, these students have a sense of dependency on someone elder for many things. In short, they need someone elder to take care of many things. This is where Student Guardian Visa comes into play. Students who are younger than 18 years of age can show their interest in having a guardian for them, in which case they can call someone for their care to Australia.

In this, one can apply for student guardian visa for Sydney, Melbourne, or any other location across Australia.

What is a Student Guardian Visa?

This visa allows you to stay in Australia as the guardian of an international student younger than 18 years of age studying in Australia on a student visa. For this visa, you must be the student's parent, legal guardian or relative and must have enough money to support yourself and the student during your stay. In addition to this, you must be able to provide accommodation and other support to the student and be at least 21 years of age. Under a student guardian visa, one can stay in Australia for the same length of time as the student visa holder or until the student turns 18 years of age.
In general, this visa gets processed anywhere from 60 days to maximum of 4 months.

Steps to Follow to Apply Student Guardian Visa for Australia

To apply for a student guardian visa for Australia, one must first of all prepare all the documents. It is mandatory to have all the documents translated into English language, if not already. The copies of documents must be certified before submission.

Student guardian visa can be applied at the same time as the student or after the student has applied his/her visa. One can be present inside/outside Australia while applying this visa.

After the visa is applied, the candidate may need to attend an interview and may be asked to provide additional information along with biometric information and police certificates. The candidate may also need to undergo health checks.

If the visa is granted, the applicant is given the visa number along with any conditions attached to the visa. In case it is rejected, the candidate will be told as to why the visa was not granted and his/her review rights and any times limits for applying for a review (if applicable).


Cost of Student Guardian Visa

The Student Guardian visa for Australia costs AUD $560.

It must be noted that the applicant must all the times comply with all visa conditions and Australian laws. As different visa conditions apply to the candidate and his/her family members, breach in any of the visa conditions may invite cancellation of visa.