Student & guardian applications
Onshore application and family-member rules have changed for subclasses 500 and 590. Check your position before enrolling, travelling or lodging.
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Recent visa developments.
Policy summaries reviewed 25 October 2026. Follow each official source for the current position.
Skilled visa priorities
Directions 121 and 122 replace Direction 119 for the covered temporary, provisional and permanent skilled visas. Priority is not a promise of a decision date.
Official sourceEmployer salary thresholds
For nominations lodged from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027: CSIT and TSMIT are $79,423; SSIT is $146,576. Market salary and stream rules also matter.
Official sourceProvider transfers
The non-school provider-transfer restriction period increased from six to twelve months through 30 June 2027. Exceptions and release requirements must be checked.
Official sourceFuture student transfer stream
A new Student visa transfer stream has been announced. Detailed implementation is still being developed; it is not an existing visa stream.
Official sourceGraduate visa family reform
Further restrictions on family inclusion for subclass 485 have been announced. Do not apply the new Student visa family rules automatically to a Graduate visa case.
Official sourceTraining visa application order
Subclass 407 sponsorship and required nomination approvals must be in place before a valid visa application. Check the training pathway before lodging.
Official sourceFrom ISMSDecember 9, 2025
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