Once your personal and professional goals are identified, the next step would be discussing with you the universities and institutes that offer those career pathways and evaluating which ones you make the cut for based on the entry requirements. The expected outcomes would be:

1. Identifying whether you should work towards a degree or a vocational course in the city you would want to live in
2. Which institutions are best suited for you: - public or private university or college or a pre-university English school
3. How many hours you can and would work and what class schedules work for you: evening/morning or weekends etc and your mode of study-online/ in-class/hybrid
4. Discussing payment options for the course based on your financial considerations and the scholarships that may be available

The genuine temporary entrant requirement (GTE) is an integrity measure to ensure that the Student Visa Programme is used as intended and not used by international students as a way of maintaining de facto permanent residency in Australia. To address the GTE Criteria is a very crucial to maintaining your Australian student visa. Therefore, a trained counsellor who knows the pitfalls can guide you towards making the right decision for your career and life in Australia. Some of the key recommendations we make to students applying for further student visa/extension are:

• Ensure that you are meeting your school’s attendance criteria at all times.
• Make sure you are focussing on the course and getting acceptable grades every semester: if you repeatedly abandon courses you are enrolled in, DIBP has good reason to believe that you are doing so in stay in Australia, rather than for the genuine purpose of academics
• Be very mindful of your course choice when switching courses. Don’t switch to a course because it’s cheaper or your friends are studying it. Study what you are genuinely interested in and what builds on your current qualification.  You can be under scrutiny if DIBP feels the course choices you are making may not be relevant to your past course or proposed future employment
• Do not work for more hours than your student visa allows you.

Once you are clear on your choices and have decided to take the next step towards enrolment, the counsellor would guide you through all the paperwork needed and manage every step of the enrolment process.  This includes:

• Guiding you on all the paperwork needed for visa and application process including certified copies of academic transcripts, diplomas/certificates, etc
• Completing all applications forms and working with you on filling up the requisite paperwork
• Liaising with the selected institution through the course of the application process on your behalf and getting your letter of offer and Confirmation of Enrolment from them
• Filing for your new student visa and/or extension.
• Voila, you are all set to start your education.  Speak to one of our experienced counselors today and get the help you need. They even speak your language. Simply fill up the enquiry form and we will get back to within 48 hours.