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Commonwealth assistance residency requirements
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The Australian Government provides domestic students with a range of Commonwealth assistance. The assistance available to you depends on:
- the type of place you have been offered (CSP/domestic upfront fees)
- your citizenship/immigration status
- where you live while studying a unit or your whole course
- the type of course you are doing
- whether or not you will undertake the course primarily at a campus outside Australia
Citizenship status abbreviations
In the table below, these citizenships statuses and abbreviations are used:
- Australian citizen
- BOTP Bridging course for overseas-trained professionals
- PHV Holder of an Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa
- PR Holders of an Australian Permanent Visa (that is not a Permanent Humanitarian Visa)
- NZ SCV+ New Zealand citizens with a Special Category Visa (SCV), who meet all the criteria for HELP
- NZ citizen All other New Zealand citizens (who don't meet the criteria for HELP, and are not an Australian citizen or holder of a permanent visa)
- All NZ citizens Includes those who meet all criteria for HELP and those who don't.
The tables below set out the citizenship and residency requirements for domestic students. Cross-institutional study units are not eligible for SA-HELP.
- FEE-HELP is available for certain types of courses: award course, enabling course, or bridging studies for overseas-trained professionals (BOTP).
| Course location | Where you live while studying | Citizenship status | Eligibility for CSP | Eligibility for HECS-HELP and SA-HELP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australia | Australian citizen | Yes | Yes |
| PHV | Yes | Yes | ||
| PR | Yes | No | ||
| NZ SCV+ | Yes | Yes | ||
| NZ citizen | Yes | No | ||
| Outside Australia for the unit, but not the entire course | Australian citizen | Yes | Yes | |
| PHV | No | No | ||
| PR | No | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No | No | ||
| Outside Australia for the entire course | Australian citizen | No | No | |
| PHV | No | No | ||
| PR | No | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No | No | ||
| Outside Australia | Primarily at a campus outside Australia | Australian citizen | No | No (SSAF not charged at overseas locations) |
| PHV | No | No | ||
| PR | No | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No | No |
| Course location | Where you live while studying | Citizenship status | Eligible for FEE-HELP |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Australia | In Australia for the unit | Australian citizen | Yes |
| PHV | Yes | ||
| PR in BOTP | Yes | ||
| Other PR | No | ||
| NZ SCV+ | Yes | ||
| NZ citizen | No | ||
| Outside Australia for the unit, but not the entire course | Australian citizen | Yes | |
| PHV | No | ||
| PR in BOTP | No | ||
| Other PR | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No | ||
| Outside Australia for the entire course | Australian citizen | No | |
| PHV | No | ||
| PR in BOTP | No | ||
| Other PR | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No | ||
| Outside Australia | Primarily at a campus outside Australia | Australian citizen | No (SSAF is not charged at offshore course locations) |
| PHV | No | ||
| PR in BOTP | No | ||
| Other PR | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No |
| Course location | Where you live while studying | Citizenship status | Eligibility for SA-HELP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | In Australia | Australian citizen | Yes |
| PHV | Yes | ||
| PR | No | ||
| NZ SCV+ | Yes | ||
| NZ citizen | No | ||
| Outside Australia at the time, but not for the entire course | Australian citizen | Yes | |
| PHV | No | ||
| PR | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No | ||
| Outside Australia for the entire course | Australian citizen | No | |
| PHV | No | ||
| PR | No | ||
| All NZ citizens | No | ||
| Outside Australia | Primarily at a campus outside Australia | All | No (SSAF not charged at offshore course locations) |