{"id":13600,"date":"2024-03-21T23:14:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T23:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/blog\/?p=13600"},"modified":"2026-03-01T01:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:18:25","slug":"student-and-student-guardian-visa-processing-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/student-and-student-guardian-visa-processing-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Student and Student Guardian visa processing priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/immi.homeaffairs.gov.au\/news-media\/archive\/article?itemId=1155\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministerial Direction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for prioritising student and student guardian visa applications was signed on 14 December 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/immi.homeaffairs.gov.au\/support-subsite\/files\/ministerial-direction-107.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministerial Direction No. 107<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> formalises the Australian Government\u2019s processing priorities for the student and student guardian visa programs. It builds on ongoing work to strengthen the integrity of the international education sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An evidence level is allocated to each Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS)-registered education provider. The new Ministerial Direction works with the evidence level framework to prioritise applications from international students wishing to study in Australia. Visit here to find out more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/immi.homeaffairs.gov.au\/what-we-do\/education-program\/what-we-do\/evidence-levels\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evidence Levels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministerial Direction No. 107 provides the highest priority to student visa applications lodged outside Australia by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Schools sector, Foreign Affairs or Defence sector, and Postgraduate Research sector applicants<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Higher Education, <\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS), <\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Vocational Education and Training (VET), and <\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Non-Award sector applicants studying at an education provider with an Evidenc\u200be Level 1<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>subsequent entrant applications lodged outside Australia that include an unmarried family member under 18 years\u200b<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>all Student Guardian visa applications (lodged in or outside Australia).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any secondary applicant (spouse, de-facto partner or dependent child) who is included in the primary visa application will be given the same priority as the primary applicant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subsequent entrant means a secondary applicant for a student visa who did not make a combined application with the primary applicant \/ primary visa holder.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the primary applicant intends to undertake two or more courses of study (course packaging), the application will be given the order of priority that applies to the principal course of study (i.e. the course of study with the highest Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new student visa processing priorities apply to all visa applications lodged on or from 15 December 2023, as well as applications lodged prior to this date that are yet to be finalised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student visa applications lodged in Australia will continue to be processed according to existing processing arrangements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For further detail on the priority groupings, please refer to the \u200b\u200b<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/immi.homeaffairs.gov.au\/support-subsite\/files\/ministerial-direction-107.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministerial Direct\u200bion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevant links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/blog\/?p=13605&amp;preview=true\">Methodology for calculating evidence levels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/blog\/?p=13606&amp;preview=true\">New English Language Requirements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/blog\/?p=13607&amp;preview=true\">Genuine Student Requirement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Ministerial Direction for prioritising student and student guardian visa applications was signed on 14 December 2023. 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