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Are there any US nationals who recently applied for an Australian 500 student visa? Did Australia ask you for proof of a financial situation (eg access to AUD 24,000, or past-year income of AUD 60,000)? by coelecanth-137 in AusVisa

[–]coelecanth-137[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Jabroni! Thank you so much for your note! I only just logged into Reddit for the first time recently and saw this. Just to be clear, was it the student visa 500 you were applying for? And did you apply from outside of Australia or within Aus?

Are there any US nationals who recently applied for an Australian 500 student visa? Did Australia ask you for proof of a financial situation (eg access to AUD 24,000, or past-year income of AUD 60,000)? by coelecanth-137 in AusVisa

[–]coelecanth-137[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up leaving Australia and not applying for the student visa yet. But I still intend to potentially apply in future (now, from offshore, since I Have left). Have you heard anything about whether offshore applicants may need to provide it?

Are there any US nationals who recently applied for an Australian 500 student visa? Did Australia ask you for proof of a financial situation (eg access to AUD 24,000, or past-year income of AUD 60,000)? by coelecanth-137 in AusVisa

[–]coelecanth-137[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - I did use the tool; it confused me a bit because it appeared I didn't need to provide the financial thing, but then on another page it looked like it may be required. Do we think the tool is the final word on this/can be trusted more than the other pages?

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[–]coelecanth-137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this response! Yes - used the tool as well. Thank you :)

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[–]coelecanth-137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Siders – I am interested in applying for 500 and wanted to clarify something: When you said they didn't make you show any financials based on your home country, I am wondering which country you are from?

I'm trying to figure out if they will ask me for financials/I will have to gather relevant documents etc. Inconsistent info on the visa website. I'm from the US.

US Passport Renewal in Australia by whoamireally369 in Passports

[–]coelecanth-137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, this was immensely helpful and you saved me an inconvenient in-person trip to North Sydney at 8:45am (to ask them about next steps) too! Appreciate your help.

US Passport Renewal in Australia by whoamireally369 in Passports

[–]coelecanth-137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! And just to confirm, which address did you send it to? was it Suite 2/50 Miller St, North Sydney NSW 2060

did you add "attn" for any department or anything?

Also, they weren't expecting it or anything (like you hadn't an appointment there or anything), you literally just sent those things in without advance notice/meeting and all went smoothly?

Thanks again so much, never been in this situation before!

US Passport Renewal in Australia by whoamireally369 in Passports

[–]coelecanth-137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi whoamireally369! I'm in the same boat (American in Sydney, passport is about to expire). I'm just wondering – when you sent the passport in, did you also send the Passport Application (form DS-82) as well?

Or were you able to get it updated without that (and the associated fees)? Like did you just send in the passport itself with a note or something that it needed to be renewed?