What are the education benefits for an Australian PR holder?

by Aayush Bathala Australia Immigration Consultants in India

Australia is known for its world-class education system. There are numerous advantages that you and your children can avail of if you decide to opt for Australia PR through any key immigration pathway.

One of the most popular pathway through which a skilled individual can apply for PR visa in Australia is General Skilled Migration (GSM) program. Key categories which provide quick PR visa through GSM includes, Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189, Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190 and Skilled Regional (provisional) work Visa Subclass 491.

Also Read: Australia Skilled Occupation List (SOL)

You'll be glad to know that Australian permanent residency bring along a lot of benefits to offer. Being a PR holder, you can:

• ·        Live, work or study anywhere in Australia indefinitely
• ·        Enroll in national health scheme of Australia, i.e. Medicare
• ·        Apply for bank loans for buying property
• ·        Sponsor your eligible relatives for PR visa
• ·        Apply for Australian citizenship, if meet eligible requirements
• ·        Travel to and from Australia until facility permits you
• ·        Attend free English classes offered by the Adult Migrant English Program
• ·        Free education for children

But, do you know there are a lot of added educational benefits that PR Holders and their Children can avail?

Let me introduce a few educational benefits that can be availed by Australian PR holders:

As a child of a PR Holder

The children of Australian PR holders can study for free in public schools, i.e. without paying tuition, only stationery, and the uniform amount have to be paid.

They can also opt to study in private Australian schools that are managed by specific religious groups like Jews and Christians, by paying minimum fee amount. As a parent, you should know that religious teachings are included in the syllabus of such schools.

The children can also avail a lot of benefits if they wish to pursue graduation in Australia. Public universities there are Commonwealth supported places and provide education subsidies to praiseworthy students. The government bears the subsidy costs are and the rest of the amount, i.e. ‘student contribution amount’ is bear by the students themselves.

As a PR holder, you can also get his/her child to enroll in schools that offer IB diplomas at the 11-16 and 16-19 age level. A lot of Australian public schools offer similar programs that can help a student accepted get selected in an Australian university or any university around the globe.

As a PR Holder

With a permanent residence status of Australia, you are entitled to financial loans. There are FEE-HELP loans which are available if you have enrolled for education at any institution that provides financial aid or loans.

If you seek to pursue further education as a permanent resident to fill up the gap in your visa point-scores, then you can apply for a financial loan so that your education cost can be covered by FEE-HELP under the Higher Education Support Act 2003.

Here we come to the crux of the article, which puts light on key educational benefits of being a PR holder in Australia. With a lot of revisions, positive changes and new visa categories being introduced lately, in Australia's immigration system, it is the right time to apply and make a move to beautiful 'Kangaroo Land'.

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