19th August 2022
Where an international student has applied for a Student visa and commenced their study online while overseas (due to not having a visa to come to Australia) and continued their study online overseas after they were granted a Student visa (because they could not come to Australia due to COVID), the full period of their study will be counted towards the ASR.
The registered course or courses will still need to be completed in a total of at least 16 calendar months; and as a result of at least 2 academic years study; and all instruction must be in English.