How to Apply to Study in Australia.
The Australian government operates an Overseas Student Program (OSP) that allows people who are not Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents to study in Australia. Any person who is not an Australian resident may apply to study in Australia under the OSP. A person who wants to study under the program must obtain a student visa before they can begin to study their course in Australia. To be granted a student visa you must complete an application form, pay the application charge and satisfy the student visa requirements. The Australian Government has identified certain countries whose nationals have demonstrated that they satisfy the conditions of their student visas to a high degree. These countries have been listed in a special edition of the Australian Government’s Commonwealth Gazette and for the purposes of the Overseas Student Program are known as "gazetted countries". If a country is not listed in this gazette, it is known as a "non-gazetted country". It should be noted that student applications from "gazetted countries" are processed differently to student applications from "non-gazetted countries". The main difference between the two is that nationals of gazetted countries follow more streamlined processing procedures when applying for a student visa.