How many student visas does Australia approve — for students from your country?
Pick your country and the type of study. We show what happened to past applications, using the government's own figures.
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Once you pick a country, this section shows the approval rate for the trailing 3-month window, how it compares to the prior period, and what this means in plain English.
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The table below shows the trailing 3-month approval rate for every country in the government's published data. Use the sector and location filters inside the table to narrow the view.
The Level 1/2/3 paperwork labels are StudyVisaHub's estimate, worked out from Home Affairs' published document checklists. Home Affairs does not publish which level applies to each country. None of these levels means refusal.
StudyVisaHub estimateThe Level 1/2/3 paperwork labels are StudyVisaHub's estimate, worked out from the Australian Government's published document checklists and other public sources. Home Affairs does not publish which level applies to each country. Last checked 2026-04-19; next check September 2026. How we work this out.
Regional Intelligence
Country Movement — Trailing 3 Months
Sector: All Sectors · Location: Offshore
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Priority Processing (Subclass 500)
Processing speed depends on your provider's for 2027 and your applicant category. For 2027, DEWR set allocations across 971 private VET providers (total: 90,887 places). TAFE providers retain unlimited Priority 1.
Priority 1 — Fastest1–4 weeks
School, ELICOS, postgraduate research, DFAT-sponsored, and Pacific/Timor-Leste applicants. Also applies to VET providers below 80% of their 2027 NOSC allocation.
Priority 2 — Standard5–8 weeks
Most higher-education and VET applicants at providers sitting between 80–115% of their 2027 NOSC allocation.
Priority 3 — Slowest9–12+ weeks
Applicants at providers that have exceeded 115% of their 2027 NOSC allocation. Expect the longest waits.
Processing tiers: Department of Home Affairs — Ministerial Direction 115. Last verified: 2026-05-11.
Source: DEWR — 2027 VET provider NOSC allocationsPeriod: 2027Updated: 2026-08-19View official source
StudyVisaHub estimateEstimated by StudyVisaHub from published data. The Department of Home Affairs does not publish per-tier processing times. Last reviewed: 2026-05-11.
Document rules alert
After Home Affairs' next document-checklist update (expected September 2026), we re-check what is asked for from students from your country. If our paperwork-level estimate changes, we email you.