Students on visitor visas, bridging visas with study limitations, or no visa
In this section, you should include 'No visa' students or students who are on certain temporary visas that have limited study rights.
They may include:
- a child on a visitor visa that may allow them to study for a limited period of time
- a child on a bridging visa where the substantive visitor visa issued is still valid
(Note: Where a child’s visitor visa has expired, the student is then classified according to the bridging visa status) - a child on a bridging visa where the visa has limited study rights
- a child without a visa who may be accommodated in a community-based detention program or other community housing and attending a non-state school while their visa (for example, bridging or safe-haven visa) is being processed (previously 'No visa' students).
Please note that students on a visitor visa can enrol at any school during their stay on that visa, but they must transfer to a CRICOS-registered school if they wish to continue studying on a student visa. They can remain at a non CRICOS-registered school if they are applying for a residency visa and hold a bridging visa until their residency visa application is decided.
Students to exclude
You should include the students listed above only in the section of the Census form called Students on visitor visas, bridging visas with study limitations or no visa. Do not include them in any other section.
The following students on visas are not classed as 'Students on visitor visas, bridging visas with study limitations or no visa' so you should include them as regular full-time or part-time students in the sections of the Census form about full-time or part-time study:
- Australian citizens
- permanent residents of Australia
- New Zealand and Norfolk Islander passport holders
- temporary visa holders on a visa that permits them to attend regular daily schooling without a limit to study
- persons excluded from being an overseas student as per section 6 of the Australian Education Regulation 2013.
Please also refer to Overseas students in these instructions for information about students you should include in the Overseas students section of the Census form.
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Last updated 31 January, 2024