Students and Graduate Visa

To apply for a graduate visa you will only need to prepare and submit your visa application. This differs from business and investment, work and skilled visas which require you to take multiple steps before you can submit your visa application.

There are common criteria that apply to both that graduate and post-work study streams. These criteria are:

1. A subclass 476 or 485 visa cannot be your current, or most recent, Australian visa;
2. You have competent English language abilities.
3. You have applied for an Australian Federal Police check within the last 12 months, and this application was made before you submitted your 485 visa application.
4. You have adequate private health insurance.

The graduate work stream visa also has the following criteria:

1. You have nominated an occupation that is on the 485 visa Skilled Occupation List.
2. You have a positive skills assessment for your nominated occupation.
3. You have met the Australian study requirement within the last 6 months.
4. You have received an educational qualification from an eligible educational institution and this qualification is closely related to your nominated occupation.

The post-study work stream has the following additional criteria:

1. You hold either a bachelors, bachelors (honours), masters or doctorate.
2. Your bachelors, bachelors (honours), masters or doctorate was awarded to you by a recognised Australian educational institution.
3. You have met the Australian study requirement within the last 6 months.

If you would like us to assess your eligibility for a 485 visa click here.