New application for:

• New students
• Existing student permit holders

Eligibility

1. All documents must be submitted as per Student Permit Documentary Requirements click here;
2. Proof of qualifications and financial status;
3. Acceptance Letter from institution;
4. Scholarship Letter (sponsored students); and
5. Letter from sponsor, Copy of confirmed return air ticket/Bond and Current Financial Statement (Self-sponsored).

Criteria

1. The Department reserves all rights to acquire additional documents for further verification, as and when required;
2. Where a question in a particular section does not apply to you please put N/A;
3. Providing false information in this application can lead to imprisonment or a fine or both;
4. The principal applicants spouse and dependent children under 21 years to be included in the same form; and
5. Applicant will be required to pay applicable fee once permit is approved.

You must:

1. complete prescribed student permit application form click here;
2. submit two (2) passport size photographs less than 6 months old, good quality colour, full-face view of your head and shoulders and taken against a plain or light coloured background;
3. submit copy of applicant’s passport bio-data page;
4. Police reports in respect of the applicant/spouse from their countries of citizenship/residency if they have lived there for 12 months or more in the last 10 years (less than 1 year from the date of issue);
5. Medical reports (less than 3months from the date of issue); and
6. translated certified copies of all non-English documents in English (registered translator).