Financial requirements

You must meet the following financial requirements.

Travel, tuition and living expenses

You must declare on your application that you have enough money to pay for travel, tuition and living expenses for yourself, your partner and your dependent children for the duration of your stay in Australia. You must also have enough money to support your partner and dependent children, even if they do not travel with you to Australia.

The table below outlines the amounts in Australian dollars (AUD) that you need access to. These amounts are the minimum required for this visa. They do not necessarily represent the cost of living in Australia.

Expenses	Per Person	Amount required in AUD
Travel	Yourself	Return air fare to Australia
	Family members	One return air fare to Australia per person
Tuition	Yourself	Course fees
	Children aged 5-18	AUD8000 per year
Living	Yourself	AUD12 000 per year
	Partner	AUD4200 per year
	First child	AUD2400 per year
	Each other child	AUD1800 per year

Acceptable sources of income

The money to support you and your family members may come from any source.

Fully Funded Students

If you are a fully funded student, you must show evidence that the sponsoring agency, government or organisation will cover the cost of:

• travel, tuition and living expenses for yourself and dependent family members accompanying you to Australia
• supporting your dependent family members remaining in your home country, taking into consideration the local standard of living.
  Note: If family members later decide to join you in Australia, you must show evidence of extra funds from an acceptable source to cover their travel, tuition and living expenses in Australia.