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3 minutes ago, Toots said:

I don't know the exact amounts of money required but have you read Marisawright's comments above.  They are correct.  You need plenty of cash behind you or you could end up living a very poor lifestyle indeed as a student.  If you want to migrate to Australia you will need the appropriate visa.

I guess I just figured if you had... 10k to start off with, you could at least kickstart all this, and have a go at working the 20 hours there to struggle by. But to need 60k before you can even START, that's quite a surprise. 20hrs at minimum ($18.69) is $373.80 a week. If you actually can handle doing that, it's enough to just get by. But needing to flash all the cash right before the visa is the part that must block out a lot of applicants.

I've noticed that the courses at TAFE which could grant a permanent visa afterwards cost like $22,000, and they take two years to complete.

Aaaand, you need to have $20,000 in your bank account for each year of your study or they won't let you in.

So does this mean if you want to study-to-immigrate to Australia, you need a minimum of $60,000 before your journey can even begin?

That's kind of crazy isn't it? Am I missing something?