Your Application Process
Applying to study in Australia with Top-notch takes five steps. For each step, we explain what you need to do and how Top-notch can help.
Consultation
What You Need to Do
- Think about your study goals and preferences, such as study period, budget and future plans
- Ask Top-notch if you have any questions about education providers or student life in Australia
- Choose your education provider and course once you fully understand what they involve
How Top-notch Can Help
- Information on course details, entry requirements, study pathways and tuition fees
- Quotations for study-related costs, such as accommodation and visa application charges
- Information on the documents needed for your application
- Answers to your questions about studying and living in Australia
- Checking with the education provider and passing on their answer if you need more detail
- General information about student visas
Application
What You Need to Do
- Fill in the provisional application form and send it back to us
- Sign the formal application form
- Prepare and submit the documents needed for your application
- Pay an application fee if required (some education providers charge one)
How Top-notch Can Help
- Emailing you the provisional application form
- Preparing the formal application form from the details you provide
- Submitting your application to the education provider on your behalf
- Letting you know if we need any extra documents or information
- Telling you the result of your application
- If you are accepted, sending you the education provider's offer letter (or conditional offer letter) and invoice, and explaining how to pay your tuition and other fees
Fee Payments
What You Need to Do
- Pay your tuition and related costs, such as enrolment fees, learning materials and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC)
- Sign the offer acceptance and agreement documents
How Top-notch Can Help
- Forwarding the tuition and related costs you have paid us to the education provider and other organisations
- Requesting your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) from the education provider once we have received your payment
- Sending you the CoE and explaining what it says
Visa Application
What You Need to Do
- Create a new account on the Australian Department of Home Affairs website
- Fill in the student visa details on our form
- Submit the documents needed for your student visa application
How Top-notch Can Help
- Helping you prepare your student visa application with administrative support, such as help with preparing documents
- Arranging translations if any of your documents need to be translated into English
- General student visa information (limited to what is published on the Department of Home Affairs website)
- Booking a health examination in Australia if needed (if you are overseas, we will tell you which approved clinics you can visit)
- Summarising and explaining any emails you receive from the Department of Home Affairs after you apply
Departure Preparation
What You Need to Do
- Book and buy your flight to Australia once your visa has been granted
- Book your accommodation and pay the required costs
- Pack and get ready for your trip
- Contact Top-notch if you have any questions about departure, studying or living in Australia
How Top-notch Can Help
- Arranging airport pick-up
- Arranging accommodation
- Arranging overseas travel insurance
- Answering your questions before you leave
- Supporting you after you arrive in Australia
Those are the five steps in the application process. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Free Consultation
Based on your study purposes, study duration, budget, education and work history, and current English level, Top-notch will present you with the study plans and education providers best suited to your needs.
Top-notch does not just help you choose education providers or courses. Top-notch also considers your future goals, career plans, student life in Australia and possible pathways after your studies, and gives advice on all of these areas. Let's work together to find the study option that is right for you.
Office Hours: Monday to Friday
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Western Australia Time, AWST, UTC+8)
Closed on weekends, public holidays and over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.