education visa
Student Guardian Visa (subclass 590)
The student guardian visa subclass 590 is a temporary type visa which allows you to go to Australia to take care and provide support to a child studying in Australia who is less than 18 years of age.
With this visa you can stay in Australia till a date is specified in your visa grant letter or the date when the child turns 18 years. With this visa, you are allowed to take care of more than one child. The 590 visa Australia will only be granted to you if you are the parent of a student studying in Australia under 18 years of age, custodian or an eligible relative who is 21 years or older in age.
With this visa, you are able to travel to and from Australia as many times as you want until the validity of this visa subclass. This visa subclass also allows you to extend your visa by applying for another student guardian visa. With the visa subclass 590 you will also be able to study an English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) which is less than 20 hours per week or apply for any other study course or training which do not last more than 3 months.
Eligibility Criteria
The subclass 590 visa is a temporary visa available to the guardian of a student for the purpose of taking care and providing support to the child while his study in Australia. A 590 visa Australia is provided only in case the Visa subclass 590 eligibility criteria is followed and accomplished.
The following points make up the eligibility criteria:
- For the purpose of applying this visa, you may be inside or outside Australia but can be eligible for visa only if you already hold a substantive visa, some of the substantive visas are its exceptions.
- You must be the parent of a student holding a student visa, or a person having the student’s custody or student’s relative who is aged 21 years or more and should be nominated by the student’s parent in writing.
- You are providing care and support to the student visa holder who is less than 18 years of age and more than 18 years for those having exceptional circumstances.
- You should be able to give the student appropriate support, accommodation facility and general welfare.
- You should have enough money and wealth conditions to support your own stay and the family members accompanying you in Australia and should be able to provide appropriate evidence for the same.
- You will have to make appropriate and adequate arrangements for the children and other family members not travelling with you to Australia and provide evidence for the same.