What does this mean??

[laura22]

have been undertaking that course since turning 18 years of age, or have commenced studies within six months or a reasonable period of completing secondary education

[Kingpin]

Hard to say without seeing the context from which that text was extracted.....

[laura22]

sorry.

from entiltelments of going on a child 101 visa.

 

[Guest bigal]

[h=2]Age[/h]The child must be under 25 years of age when the visa application is lodged. If the child has turned 18 years of age, they must also be a full-time student and financially dependent on their sponsoring parent.

To be considered a full-time student, the child must:

• be validly enrolled, and actively participating, in a full-time post-secondary course of study leading to a professional, trade or vocational qualification
  
• have been undertaking that course since turning 18 years of age, or have commenced studies within six months or a reasonable period of completing secondary education
  
• not be in full-time employment.
  

Note: The only exception to this age limit and full time student requirement is where the child has a disability that stops them from working.

 

 

 

I reckon it means the child has to have been a student on their eighteenth birthday or to have started further education within 6 months of leaving school.

[Gollywobbler]

Hi Laura

 

On your other thread, you say that you have already spent a couple of years in Australia. Which visa have you used in order to do this, please? Have you had a subclass 417 Working Holiday visa?

 

http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/417/

 

This is crucially important because the whole thrust of a WH Visa is that the holder is a young, independent adult. On any other basis, the WHV will not be granted, so it has the knock-on effect of making it impossible to get a Child visa later on. DIAC will not tolerate the idea of a 12-24 month break in the chain of dependency.

 

So I think you are asking the wrong questions at the moment. As I have told you on your other thread, the usual way to sort things out with somebody like you is to get a Student visa for the young person concerned. Therefore there is definitely a way to keep you in Australia and there is no need to worry about that idea.

 

For the moment, though, Dave Brooking will need to get a lot more information from you and your family before he can determine which follow-on visa would be the best one for you next.

 

Cheers

 

Gill