Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Types of Courses for Student Visas IMMI 10/069 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

TYPES OF COURSES FOR STUDENT VISAS

(REGULATION 1.40A)

I, CHRIS BOWEN, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under regulation 1.40A of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):

1. REVOKE the Gazette Notice IMMI 05/055 signed on 20 June 2005 (and published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No GN25 on 29 June 2005) specifying types of courses for the purposes of regulation 1.40A of the Regulations; AND

1. SPECIFY, for the purposes of regulation 1.40A, the types of courses set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument for the corresponding visa subclass set out in that Schedule.

This Instrument, number IMMI 10/069, commences on 1 January 2011.

Dated              17 November  2010

CHRIS BOWEN

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

[NOTE 1:      Regulation 1.40A provides the Minister must specify by instrument in writing the types of courses for each subclass of student visa, except Subclass 576 (AusAID or Defence Sector).

NOTE 2:       “Student visa” is defined in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations and means any of the following subclasses of a visa: (a) a Subclass 570 (Independent and ELICOS Sector) visa; (b) a Subclass 571(Schools Sector) visa; (c) a Subclass 572 (Vocation Education and Training Sector) visa; (d) a Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector) visa; (e) a Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector) visa; (f) a Subclass 575 (Non-Award Sector) visa; (g) a Subclass 576 (AUSAID or Defence Sector) visa.]

Schedule 1

VISA SUBCLASS	TYPES OF COURSES
Subclass 570 (Independent ELICOS Sector)	Non-Award ELICOS
Certificate I in ELICOS
Certificate II in ELICOS
Certificate III in ELICOS
Certificate IV in ELICOS
Subclass 571 (Schools Sector)	Primary School
Secondary School (including Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary)
Secondary Exchange Programs
Subclass 572 (Vocational Education and Training Sector)	Certificate I, II, III and IV, other than ELICOS
Vocational Education and Training Diploma
Vocational Education and Training Advanced Diploma
Vocational Graduate Certificate
Vocational Graduate Diploma
Subclass 573 (Higher Education Sector)	Higher Education Diploma
Higher Education Advanced Diploma
Bachelor Degree
Graduate Certificate
Graduate Diploma
Associate Degree
Masters by Coursework
Subclass 574 (Postgraduate Research Sector)	Masters by Research
Doctoral Degree
Subclass 575 (Non-Award Sector)	Full time courses other than ELICOS not leading to an Australian award