UNSW Study Abroad Information Sheet Streamlined Visa ...
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Application -‐> Admission -‐> Visa Application procedure Information sheet for Study Abroad students From April 2012, Study Abroad students will need to follow these steps to enrol at UNSW. If you have any questions, contact the Global Education Office at [email protected]. Step 1: Apply Apply directly to Study Abroad, by completing and sending an application downloaded from the UNSW International website. (Do not try to apply online on the UNSW Apply Online website as this system does not facilitate Study Abroad admissions). There is no application fee. Include transcripts and English language proficiency documentation if required. There are full instructions for this stage of the application on the application form. Step 2: Receive Offer Qualified Applicants will be issued with an Offer Letter, which will be accompanied by two forms that need to be completed and returned to the UNSW Global Education Office: the Acceptance Form and the SVP Checklist Form. Step 3: Accept Offer To accept your Offer, complete and sign the Acceptance Form that accompanies the Offer. Complete the SVP Checklist Form. The documentation you will need to provide with the completed SVP Checklist Form will depend on how you will be funding your studies abroad. There are three types of funding, and explanations for each are detailed below: A. Self-‐funded: you will pay UNSW tuition fees directly to UNSW B. Sponsored: you will have the payment of your UNSW tuition fees funded through government funding, scholarship or other such means C. Program partnership: your home university, or your Program Provider will arrange payment of your UNSW tuition fees directly with UNSW A. Self-‐funded Students: what additional documents are required If you are a Self-‐funded student, complete and return the Acceptance and SVP Checklist Forms to the UNSW Global Education Office along with these documents: Financial Requirements for Self-‐funded Students:
1. A certified copy of a bank statement, issued within the last three months, showing a minimum A$15,000 or equivalent in home currency; and 2. Verifiable foreign exchange rate from the same bank that meets the A$15,000 equivalence; and 3. Payment of the standard deposit of A$500 to UNSW Global Education Office (as detailed on the Offer letter). The UNSW Global Education Office reserves the right to request additional financial documentation from students of any nationality, irrespective of that nation’s former or current DIAC (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) risk rating status.
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B. Sponsored Students: what additional documents are required
Global Education Networks Global If you are aGlobal Sponsored student, you will not need to satisfy the financial requirements listed in the Opportunities
box above. Instead, complete and return the Acceptance and Checklist Forms with evidence of financial sponsorship, as wdhat escribed in the dbocuments ox below: are required B. Sponsored Students: additional If you are a Sponsored student, you will not need to satisfy the financial requirements listed in the Evidence of Instead, Financial Sponsorship: box above. complete and return the Acceptance and Checklist Forms with evidence of
financial ponsorship, as described in w the ox below: issue a Financial Guarantee Letter on their In most csases a Sponsoring Authority ill b automatically own letterhead to indicate their sponsorship support of a particular student and provide this to Evidence of UFS inancial Sponsorship: UNSW. For students, a Financial Guarantee Letter from their home university is sufficient.
In most aclways ases arequires Sponsoring wGill uarantee automatically issue Financial Guarantee Letter on their by UNSW that Aauthority Financial Letter, for eaach nominated student, is provided own Slponsoring etterhead Ato indicate their sponsorship support a particular and provide this to the uthority (or home university) before oaf dmission to as ptudent rogram can be completed. UNSW. US students, a tFo inancial Guarantee Letter from their ome university is sufficient. There is Faor template guide this letter as reference available on hthe UNSW International website: http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.international.unsw.edu.au/uploads/file/2011/06/30/Sponsored_S UNSW always requires that a Financial Guarantee Letter, for each nominated student, is provided by tudents_Fact_Sheet__Final.pdf university) before admission to a program can be completed. the Sponsoring Authority (or home There is a template guide to this letter as reference available on the UNSW International website:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.international.unsw.edu.au/uploads/file/2011/06/30/Sponsored_S C. Program Partnership: what additional documents are required tudents_Fact_Sheet__Final.pdf If you are arriving through a Program Partnership, you do not need to provide additional documentation with the completed forms. C. Program Partnership: what oaf dditional documents Step 4: Receive Confirmation Enrolment (CoE) are required If you are arriving a POrogram Partnership, you do onf ot need to p(rovide The UNSW Global tEhrough ducation ffice issues a Confirmation Enrolment CoE) to atdditional he Applicant. documentation with the completed forms. Step 5: Apply for Student Visa Step 4: Receive Enrolment (CoE) Applicant applies Cfonfirmation or a student ovf isa as per the DIAC Streamlined Visa Process (SVP). DIAC may The U NSW G lobal E ducation O ffice i ssues a C onfirmation of Enrolment to taken. the Applicant. contact the University to verify the Applicant’s financial sufficiency and (cCoE) hecks The student visa issued y DIAC. V isa Step is 5: then Apply for Sbtudent
Applicant applies for a student visa as per the DIAC Streamlined Visa Process (SVP). DIAC may Any questions? contact the University to verify the Applicant’s financial sufficiency and checks taken. The student For issues and concerns, contact [email protected] visa is then issued by DIAC. Any questions? For issues and concerns, contact [email protected]
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Global Education
Global Networks
Global Opportunities
Application -‐> Admission -‐> Visa Application procedure Information sheet for Study Abroad students From April 2012, Study Abroad students will need to follow these steps to enrol at UNSW. If you have any questions, contact the Global Education Office at [email protected]. Step 1: Apply Apply directly to Study Abroad, by completing and sending an application downloaded from the UNSW International website. (Do not try to apply online on the UNSW Apply Online website as this system does not facilitate Study Abroad admissions). There is no application fee. Include transcripts and English language proficiency documentation if required. There are full instructions for this stage of the application on the application form. Step 2: Receive Offer Qualified Applicants will be issued with an Offer Letter, which will be accompanied by two forms that need to be completed and returned to the UNSW Global Education Office: the Acceptance Form and the SVP Checklist Form. Step 3: Accept Offer To accept your Offer, complete and sign the Acceptance Form that accompanies the Offer. Complete the SVP Checklist Form. The documentation you will need to provide with the completed SVP Checklist Form will depend on how you will be funding your studies abroad. There are three types of funding, and explanations for each are detailed below: A. Self-‐funded: you will pay UNSW tuition fees directly to UNSW B. Sponsored: you will have the payment of your UNSW tuition fees funded through government funding, scholarship or other such means C. Program partnership: your home university, or your Program Provider will arrange payment of your UNSW tuition fees directly with UNSW A. Self-‐funded Students: what additional documents are required If you are a Self-‐funded student, complete and return the Acceptance and SVP Checklist Forms to the UNSW Global Education Office along with these documents: Financial Requirements for Self-‐funded Students:
1. A certified copy of a bank statement, issued within the last three months, showing a minimum A$15,000 or equivalent in home currency; and 2. Verifiable foreign exchange rate from the same bank that meets the A$15,000 equivalence; and 3. Payment of the standard deposit of A$500 to UNSW Global Education Office (as detailed on the Offer letter). The UNSW Global Education Office reserves the right to request additional financial documentation from students of any nationality, irrespective of that nation’s former or current DIAC (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) risk rating status.
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B. Sponsored Students: what additional documents are required
Global Education Networks Global If you are aGlobal Sponsored student, you will not need to satisfy the financial requirements listed in the Opportunities
box above. Instead, complete and return the Acceptance and Checklist Forms with evidence of financial sponsorship, as wdhat escribed in the dbocuments ox below: are required B. Sponsored Students: additional If you are a Sponsored student, you will not need to satisfy the financial requirements listed in the Evidence of Instead, Financial Sponsorship: box above. complete and return the Acceptance and Checklist Forms with evidence of
financial ponsorship, as described in w the ox below: issue a Financial Guarantee Letter on their In most csases a Sponsoring Authority ill b automatically own letterhead to indicate their sponsorship support of a particular student and provide this to Evidence of UFS inancial Sponsorship: UNSW. For students, a Financial Guarantee Letter from their home university is sufficient.
In most aclways ases arequires Sponsoring wGill uarantee automatically issue Financial Guarantee Letter on their by UNSW that Aauthority Financial Letter, for eaach nominated student, is provided own Slponsoring etterhead Ato indicate their sponsorship support a particular and provide this to the uthority (or home university) before oaf dmission to as ptudent rogram can be completed. UNSW. US students, a tFo inancial Guarantee Letter from their ome university is sufficient. There is Faor template guide this letter as reference available on hthe UNSW International website: http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.international.unsw.edu.au/uploads/file/2011/06/30/Sponsored_S UNSW always requires that a Financial Guarantee Letter, for each nominated student, is provided by tudents_Fact_Sheet__Final.pdf university) before admission to a program can be completed. the Sponsoring Authority (or home There is a template guide to this letter as reference available on the UNSW International website:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.international.unsw.edu.au/uploads/file/2011/06/30/Sponsored_S C. Program Partnership: what additional documents are required tudents_Fact_Sheet__Final.pdf If you are arriving through a Program Partnership, you do not need to provide additional documentation with the completed forms. C. Program Partnership: what oaf dditional documents Step 4: Receive Confirmation Enrolment (CoE) are required If you are arriving a POrogram Partnership, you do onf ot need to p(rovide The UNSW Global tEhrough ducation ffice issues a Confirmation Enrolment CoE) to atdditional he Applicant. documentation with the completed forms. Step 5: Apply for Student Visa Step 4: Receive Enrolment (CoE) Applicant applies Cfonfirmation or a student ovf isa as per the DIAC Streamlined Visa Process (SVP). DIAC may The U NSW G lobal E ducation O ffice i ssues a C onfirmation of Enrolment to taken. the Applicant. contact the University to verify the Applicant’s financial sufficiency and (cCoE) hecks The student visa issued y DIAC. V isa Step is 5: then Apply for Sbtudent
Applicant applies for a student visa as per the DIAC Streamlined Visa Process (SVP). DIAC may Any questions? contact the University to verify the Applicant’s financial sufficiency and checks taken. The student For issues and concerns, contact [email protected] visa is then issued by DIAC. Any questions? For issues and concerns, contact [email protected]
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