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Australia Schooling DIY Blueprint

Your Australia schooling-and-settlement DIY blueprint. Run the full sequence yourself: CRICOS-approved course selection, student-visa (subclass 500) lodgement, the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485), and the realistic study-to-PR pathway without the generic 'study abroad' hype.

Route reality

Australia 'study to PR' is not automatic. Your course must be on a skilled-occupation list (SOL/MLTSSL), your CRICOS provider must be approved, and your Graduate 485 visa only leads to PR if you then qualify for skilled-migration pathways. Picking the wrong course breaks the route.

Who this is for
  • You are a student or parent planning Australia as a study-led route with a possible PR outcome.
  • You need CRICOS course selection, GTE (Genuine Temporary Entrant) statement, and financial-evidence rules explained in one place.
  • You want the 500 → 485 → 189 / 190 / 491 sequence explained before you pay tuition.
Do not buy this if
  • You want to study in Australia without meeting English, financial, or GTE evidence requirements.
  • You are looking for a course that guarantees PR regardless of your occupation or performance.
  • You want to skip the CRICOS-approved-provider check.
What you are buying

You get a single coherent plan that tells you which CRICOS course actually leads to migration for your profile, how to pass the Genuine Student (GS) test, and how to sequence 500 → 485 → 189 / 190 / 491 without losing visa months.

What happens next

Buy access, log in, and open the protected blueprint immediately. If you already bought this route, use Buyer Login from the top bar.

How the route works

Read this as the real order of operations so you do not confuse school, registration, and migration as one step.

Stage 1

Stage 1: Pick CRICOS-approved courses aligned with a skilled-occupation list your nationality can actually migrate under.

Stage 2

Stage 2: Build GTE statement, Overseas Student Health Cover, financial evidence, and IELTS/PTE to match student-visa rules.

Stage 3

Stage 3: Plan work during study (up to 48 hours per fortnight) and apply for Graduate 485 visa on finishing.

Stage 4

Stage 4: Sequence Australian work experience into 189 / 190 / 491 skilled-migration streams for PR.

Why this route usually stalls out

  • You stop confusing 'study in Australia' with 'study your way to PR' - they are different planning problems.
  • Your course selection, provider, and occupation list are aligned from day one.
  • You avoid agents selling non-CRICOS or non-migration-aligned programs.