8.4.04
Study In Australia
The quality of education in Australia is quite good and cheap too. But there are some rules for the foreign students there. A foreign student has to send 1st semester’s tuition fees to the university before going to the university to make sure that the student will study there. And he will not be able to change the university before studying there for a complete year. He is bound to study at least 2 semesters (1 semester takes 4 months to be completed) in a year. If he for some reason fails to take less than 2 semesters in a year then the Australian Government will force him to return to his home country. A foreign student can do part time jobs for a fixed amount of time that is 20 hours per week. If he works for more than this allotted time, he will be charged for it and may even be sent to his home country. But on vacation a student can spend his time as he pleases to. Actually, for foreign students Aussie Government makes sure that they cannot escape studying there.
After studying for 2 years in Australia a student can apply for PR (permanent residency). A person has to get over 150 points to get this PR. Points depend on the student’s subject, place of study, job records etc. 5 points are automatically deducted from the total points if he had been staying in a over populated area like Sydney and for under populated areas in Australia like Tasmania 5 points will get added.
Now, the question is how easy it is to get the Australian student visa…. Well, when I asked this question to a university representative he said it’s very easy. Actually the Australian Embassy refuses very few students and every year thousands of Bangladeshi students go to Australia for higher studies. The total cost of going to Australia is as bellows:
Offer letter from the university: 2000taka
Embassy face: 17,000taka
1st semester’s tuition fees: 282,000taka (for University of Tasmania).
Plane fair: 30,000taka.
In total: 3,31,000taka.
First of all, a student has to apply for the visa with all his documents (Birth certificate from municipality, all academic certificates, bank statement/ transaction list, sponsor’s employment certificate). If the embassy accepts him it will give an acceptance seal on the passport but it is not the visa. The embassy will then tell the student to send the 1st semester’s money to the university. After he has done so the embassy will issue visa to the student.
To get the visa a student has to prove that his sponsor is well capable of supporting him financially. For this his sponsor will have to have the total money to carry every kind of expenses that the student will have during his first 2 years at the university. The sum of money is over 24 lakh taka. It is better to show more than that. Although if a student can show 20 lakh taka as liquid money at a bank getting the visa becomes assured.
The sponsor of the student can be anybody and at the same time more than one person can be shown as sponsors to the High Commission.
There are different agencies here that help for visa processing. If a student applies for the visa through an agency then the agency will face the High Commission on behalf of the student. The student in this case will not have to appear in any interview in the High Commission. For prospective students I’ve listed some of the names of the agencies with addresses.
Australian Education Service
Montaz Plaza (4th Floor)
House #7
Road #4 Dhanmondi
Dhaka, 1205
Bangladesh
IDP Education Australia - Bangladesh
CWN (A) 12, Kemal Ataturk Avenue
Gulshan 2, Dhaka, 1212
Bangladesh
Tel: +(880) 2 9883545
Tel: +(880) 2 8821967
Tel: +(880) 2 9896134
Tel: +(880) 2 9899738
Tel: +(880) 2 9894581
Fax: +(880) 2 8823343
Fax: +(880) 2 8828737
Email: idpbd@treximp.com
IMPACT
2/6 Block B
Lalmatia
Dhaka 1207
Bangladesh
Tel: 88 02 9123863
Fax: 88 02 8115041
Email: bdmainstream@yahoo.com
Website: www.impactbd.com
Moves Group
House #2, Road #55, Gulshan-2
Dhaka, 1212
Bangladesh
Tel: 880 2 986 2629
Email: movesbangladesh@yahoo.com.au
Ozz Study
24/13 Khilijee Road
Shamoly
Dhaka, 1207
Bangladesh
Rem Limited
House-25c (ground Floor)
Road-6
Banani
Dhaka1213
Bangladesh
Fax: 880 02 9120776
Email: Elmocardoza@hotmail.com
Sunland Consultance Services
15 Sahid Mirza Lane
Mehidibagh
Chittagong
Bangladesh
Email: Aparesh@consultant.com
Hopefully these addresses will be helpful to many of you who are willing to study in Australia.
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The quality of education in Australia is quite good and cheap too. But there are some rules for the foreign students there. A foreign student has to send 1st semester’s tuition fees to the university before going to the university to make sure that the student will study there. And he will not be able to change the university before studying there for a complete year. He is bound to study at least 2 semesters (1 semester takes 4 months to be completed) in a year. If he for some reason fails to take less than 2 semesters in a year then the Australian Government will force him to return to his home country. A foreign student can do part time jobs for a fixed amount of time that is 20 hours per week. If he works for more than this allotted time, he will be charged for it and may even be sent to his home country. But on vacation a student can spend his time as he pleases to. Actually, for foreign students Aussie Government makes sure that they cannot escape studying there.
After studying for 2 years in Australia a student can apply for PR (permanent residency). A person has to get over 150 points to get this PR. Points depend on the student’s subject, place of study, job records etc. 5 points are automatically deducted from the total points if he had been staying in a over populated area like Sydney and for under populated areas in Australia like Tasmania 5 points will get added.
Now, the question is how easy it is to get the Australian student visa…. Well, when I asked this question to a university representative he said it’s very easy. Actually the Australian Embassy refuses very few students and every year thousands of Bangladeshi students go to Australia for higher studies. The total cost of going to Australia is as bellows:
Offer letter from the university: 2000taka
Embassy face: 17,000taka
1st semester’s tuition fees: 282,000taka (for University of Tasmania).
Plane fair: 30,000taka.
In total: 3,31,000taka.
First of all, a student has to apply for the visa with all his documents (Birth certificate from municipality, all academic certificates, bank statement/ transaction list, sponsor’s employment certificate). If the embassy accepts him it will give an acceptance seal on the passport but it is not the visa. The embassy will then tell the student to send the 1st semester’s money to the university. After he has done so the embassy will issue visa to the student.
To get the visa a student has to prove that his sponsor is well capable of supporting him financially. For this his sponsor will have to have the total money to carry every kind of expenses that the student will have during his first 2 years at the university. The sum of money is over 24 lakh taka. It is better to show more than that. Although if a student can show 20 lakh taka as liquid money at a bank getting the visa becomes assured.
The sponsor of the student can be anybody and at the same time more than one person can be shown as sponsors to the High Commission.
There are different agencies here that help for visa processing. If a student applies for the visa through an agency then the agency will face the High Commission on behalf of the student. The student in this case will not have to appear in any interview in the High Commission. For prospective students I’ve listed some of the names of the agencies with addresses.
Australian Education Service
Montaz Plaza (4th Floor)
House #7
Road #4 Dhanmondi
Dhaka, 1205
Bangladesh
IDP Education Australia - Bangladesh
CWN (A) 12, Kemal Ataturk Avenue
Gulshan 2, Dhaka, 1212
Bangladesh
Tel: +(880) 2 9883545
Tel: +(880) 2 8821967
Tel: +(880) 2 9896134
Tel: +(880) 2 9899738
Tel: +(880) 2 9894581
Fax: +(880) 2 8823343
Fax: +(880) 2 8828737
Email: idpbd@treximp.com
IMPACT
2/6 Block B
Lalmatia
Dhaka 1207
Bangladesh
Tel: 88 02 9123863
Fax: 88 02 8115041
Email: bdmainstream@yahoo.com
Website: www.impactbd.com
Moves Group
House #2, Road #55, Gulshan-2
Dhaka, 1212
Bangladesh
Tel: 880 2 986 2629
Email: movesbangladesh@yahoo.com.au
Ozz Study
24/13 Khilijee Road
Shamoly
Dhaka, 1207
Bangladesh
Rem Limited
House-25c (ground Floor)
Road-6
Banani
Dhaka1213
Bangladesh
Fax: 880 02 9120776
Email: Elmocardoza@hotmail.com
Sunland Consultance Services
15 Sahid Mirza Lane
Mehidibagh
Chittagong
Bangladesh
Email: Aparesh@consultant.com
Hopefully these addresses will be helpful to many of you who are willing to study in Australia.
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