1. Student Visa (Subclass 500)

The Student Visa (Subclass 500) enables international students to study full-time in Australia while also allowing limited work opportunities.

Key Features

✅ Stay Duration: Valid for up to 5 years, depending on course length.
✅ Work Rights: Permits up to 48 hours per fortnight during the academic term and unlimited hours during scheduled breaks.
✅ Family Inclusion: Applicants can include their spouse and children in their visa application.
✅ Wide Range of Study Options: Covers primary, secondary, vocational, higher education, and postgraduate research programs.
✅ Pathway to Residency: Graduates may qualify for post-study work visas or permanent residency.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be enrolled in a full-time course at a registered Australian institution.
• Provide evidence of financial capacity to cover tuition, living expenses, and travel costs.
• Meet English language proficiency requirements.
• Obtain Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).
• Satisfy health and character requirements.
  

  Application Process

  1. Obtain a Confirmation of Enrollment (CoE) from an approved Australian institution.
  2. Prepare Required Documents, including proof of financial support and English proficiency.
  3. Submit an Online Application via the Department of Home Affairs website.
  4. Await Processing, which varies based on course type.
  5. Receive Visa and Travel to Australia once approved.

  2. Student Guardian Visa (Subclass 590)

  The Student Guardian Visa (Subclass 590) allows a parent, legal guardian, or relative to accompany and support an international student under 18 years old (or older in exceptional cases).

  Key Features

  ✅ Stay Duration: Matches the student’s visa duration.
  ✅ Guardian Role: Ensures the well-being and care of the student while in Australia.
  ✅ Work Limitations: No work rights included.
  ✅ Study Allowance: Can study an English course for up to 20 hours per week.
  ✅ Single Guardian Policy: Only one guardian per student can be granted this visa.

  Eligibility Requirements

  • Must be a parent, legal guardian, or relative of the student.
  • Must demonstrate financial capability to support both themselves and the student.
  • Must meet health and character requirements.
  • Must maintain adequate health insurance while in Australia.
    

    Application Process

    1. Gather Required Documents, including proof of relationship with the student.
    2. Apply Online through the Department of Home Affairs website.
    3. Await Processing, which varies by case.
    4. Receive Visa and Accompany the Student to Australia.
       

       Comparison: Student Visa (Subclass 500) vs. Student Guardian Visa (Subclass 590)

       Feature	Student Visa (Subclass 500)	Student Guardian Visa (Subclass 590)
       Purpose	Study full-time in Australia	Provide care for an underage international student
       Who Can Apply	Students enrolled in an approved course	Parent, legal guardian, or relative of the student
       Stay Duration	Up to 5 years (varies by course)	Same as the student’s visa
       Work Rights	Up to 48 hours per fortnight (during study)	No work rights
       Study Rights	Full-time study	Part-time English courses (up to 20 hours per week)
       Family Inclusion	Spouse & children can be included	No dependents allowed
       Financial Requirement	Must show funds for tuition and living costs	Must show funds to support both self and student

Start-Up Visa (For Entrepreneurs)

• Intended for entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas who can secure investment from designated Canadian investors.

Family Sponsorship

• Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their spouse, partner, or close relatives to obtain permanent residency.

Manali

The town that you and I know as `Manali ‘ is actually a collection of three adjacent hills. Each hill has a village and an old temple dominating it. In the beginning was the village. People grew , and still grow, wheat rajma ,vegetables and apples. They kept and  still do cows buffaloes and goat  and sheep. The people weave their  own clothes. The wheat was ready for harvest in spring, the apple would be ready for plucking by August –September, and the snow ripe for falling by December-january. The British never made a hill station here, never laid rail tracks or built a Mall Road.

Indian travellers come more for the temples, snow in Rohtang Pass and organized adventure acivities. Internet cafes offer bus services to Leh , tour operators offer opportunities to go paragliding in Solang Nallah or river rafting on the Beas .

Most importantly Manali offers that haunting Himalayan beauty to which hill stations in the lower Himalayan ranges can only aspire. Look around and there’s the river made of freshly melted snow, and protected stretches of deodar. Look up and the majestic Pir Panjal and Bara Bhangal ranges cradling the town mesmerize you.

THINGS TO SEE AND DO
Solang  Valley

Solang Nallah (or Solang Valley)is a beautiful green strench 13 km from Manali, where most of the area’s adventure activity is centered. Paragliding Zorbing and horse riding are the popular picnic activites here.Its  a popular picnic spot, but also has plenty of getaway space for those willing to walk a bit extra. Travellers can make a day trip there by bus , or taxi or car from Manli or even camp overnight.

KULLU

Kullu Valley, short for the ancient Kulanthapitha, ‘the end of the habitable world’,  stretches from Rohtang  Pass to Jalori Pass, the name recalling how the wind -blown Rohtang  seperates this lush valley carved  by the river Beas from the barren Trans- Himalayan Lahaul and Ladakh.

Raghunathji  Temple

The temple of pre-eminent lord of the valley. The idol of Raghunathji was brought here in 1660 by a Kulla  raja from the Tretnath Temple at Ayodhya .

Kullu Dussehra

Every Dussehra some 200 of Kullu’s local gods are carried in spectacular ceremonial processions from villages all over the valley to the maiden in Kullu town .

Bijli  Mahadev Temple

The 10 km treck from Kullu to Lord Shiva’s shrine is a stiff but pleasant walk through forets of pine oak and deodar, passing throughvillages their rooftops a riot of color wiyh maize or chillies drying .

For Shopping

Kullu is famous for it handlooms ask the locals and avoid shops wich sells machine made Ludhiana products.Look for shawls, sweaters, socks,gloves and the Kullu topi. Try Bhuttico ,Himachal Handicrafts and Himachal Khadi Emporium in Akhara Bazaar.

Jammu , Kashmir and Ladakh’ is a better way to understand this stuningly beautiful state. Hosting the most diverse of landscapes,J&K has plains and foothills in Jammu, lush high-altitude and meadows in Kashmir and the very high. Cold desert of Ladakh. which is snowed under for half the year. The majority faiths are Hinduism Islam and Buddhism respectively.

Srinagar

Location- State Capital Srinagar lies by the Jhelum River, and  the Dal and Nagin lakes at 5214 ft in the western Kashmir Valley, with the Zaberwan Hills in the backdrop

Distance 293 km  N of Jammu,400km NW of Pathankot, 512 km NE of Amritsar.

Tourists Attractions

Shalimar Garden, Nishat Bagh are one of the places to be visit in Srinagar.

Dal Lake

Dal is the most famous of Srinagar’s attractions. Most tourism oreinted activites on the lake happen near the DalGate. Tourists can take a shikara ride on colorful high backed seats buy flower s from floating shops get yourself clicked, in kikitsch Kashmiri dresses ,see the floating vegetable market at dawn, visit Hazratbal, and traverse the smaller and quieter Nagin lake and the old Pundit quarter of Rainwari.

Jammu

Jammu is the winter capital of the state Jammu and Kashmir as it was of the Dogra rulers earlier. Since 1872 in  a move even today called the shifting of the Durbar, the administration has been physically shifting between the two cities, with thousands of employees and hundreds of truck laden with files moving to Jammu in NOVEMBER for the winter and back to Srinagar in May.