Student Guardian Visa

This visa is for international students studying in Australia on a student visa that are under 18 years of age who require a guardian to accompany them. There may also be exceptional circumstances where a student over 18 years of age may need a guardian for religious or cultural reasons.
If you are granted this visa, you are eligible to stay in Australia for the same length of time as the student for whom you are guardian, or until the student reaches the age of 18 years.
A dependent child under the age of 6 years may accompany you to Australia, provided they meet specific requirements.

 

Student guardian eligibility

In order to qualify as a student guardian, the following requirements must be met:
- Be a relative of the applicant
- Be over 21 years of age
- Be of good character
- Meet the relevant health and financial requirements

Visa Conditions

When you are granted a Student Guardian Visa, you are subject to the following conditions:
- You must not work
- You must not study for more than three months
- You must maintain your approved overseas visitor health cover
- You cannot apply for any other Australian visa while in Australia except for an extension of your student guardian visa, or
- to engage Australia's obligations under the 1951 UN convention relating to the status of refugees
- You must continue to meet the requirements for a student guardian visa
- You must live with the student who has nominated you and, if the student is under 18 years of age, provide appropriate accommodation, welfare and general support
- You must not leave Australia without either:
o taking the nominating student with you, or
o notifying the department before your departure that you have made
- appropriate arrangements for the student's accommodation, welfare and general support in your absence and (if the student is under 18 years of age) obtaining written approval for the changed arrangements from the student's education provider