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Skilled overseas students have several visa options to choose from when planning to acquire a visa for migration to Australia. There are certain criteria that a graduating overseas student must meet.

Generally, the applicant must be under the age of 45, must have studied at least 2 years in Australia, must have or have held an eligible student visa in the last 6 months, have had a skills assessment and has at least a competent English rating form IELTS.

Options for skilled visa to Australia are as follows:
1. Skilled Independent Residence Visa
2. Skilled Graduate Temporary Visa
3. Sponsored Residence Visa
4. Regional Sponsored Provisional Visa
5. Family Sponsored Visa

In addition to the usual requirements, skilled visas also have a points test. The cut off score varies on the type of visa, the lowest is often at 90, but the required score can go as high as 120.

Not quite skilled yet
For students that are not eligible to apply for a skilled category just yet, the other option is to acquire an Australia visa as a student. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship grants overseas students an opportunity to undertake full-time study in registered courses in Australia.

Before a student can apply for this type of visa, he or she must have been accepted for full-time study in a registered course. This is an education or training course offered by an Australian school or educational institution registered to offer such courses to overseas students via the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS)

Students must apply for a visa that relates to their main course of study, this can be independent English language courses, school sector, vocational sector, higher education sector, postgraduate research, non-award and AusAID and Defence.

Student applicants must acquire their first student visa outside Australia.