go to www.immi.gov.au

You will see tabs,  contain (Visas, Immigration and Refugees), click on it & scroll down to Students. then you will be directed to a page where all information for students ranging from visa types & assesment level.

hope this help , im sure you are smart enough to read thru the requirements to be ready before applying.

I'm heading to UQ next February (2+1) and I just got my visa via online application so I'll try my best to help you with what I know. I did it in HELP's UQ center and handed them the documents to submit on my behalf so I guess thats where the certification is done. I had to give them a photocopy of my passport, ecoe, offer letter and a passport sized photo. Paid AUD540 via CC and did my medical at Tung Shin. Got the visa approved four days later.

Chill chill... I applied e-visa last monday and then went to Thung Shin last wednesday to do check up. Got approved by monday. Bear in mind last friday was public holiday. Maybe that cause a bit of delay.

Choose one that u can do both at same place. So dun have to go here and there. Btw thung shin is quite cheap. Rm92 for everything.

where u heading next year ostangel?

Doesn't matter what course do you take , It's just general . Usually around 2-3 weeks , You can ask your agent(If you have one) . I don't think that they'll prioritize who starts first , First come first serve I think . You should have applied last month if you're worried about this

since you are Monash people, i believe there is representative in student services on this regarding visa thingy.

Where u going to ar? Which uni? Congrats btw.

My visa has something wrong with it, can't proceed atm, so prob need to wait till Jan till it's done. Got my hand jabbed for Hep B vaccine just now >< Thats a must before I go for placements. haha.

Grats ostangel =) what course you're taking? Excited on going to Melb? =D

Im going to adelaide next year. I knw.. Boring town.. lol..

Thanks for your advice!

I honestly admit that other than I've never visited Australia to know more about it, I'm also somehow ignorant. I don't know which location is considered the 'rural town' and which isn't.  I'm actually comparing Adelaide with Sydney + Melbourne. I heard Adelaide is a very laid back city so I'm also trying to find out if Adelaide is 'smaller city' I'm imagining in my comparison to Sydney and Melbourne.

What I did is just looking from each university homepage to another university homepage. I also don't know how to judge which is the 'better' here.

Yeah, if I were to visit the country, I will probably stay more than 1 month to 2 months to do university hopping survey. I don't know if it will help me in deciding which university I want and if it doesn't, might as well save up the money which I've to spend to live there for 2 months. Moreover, going from city to city, it will cost a big sum. However, at least I have a clearer picture of what city is where and how it's like 

this is stupid,

my flatmate screwed up her exams and now she is charging my room 25 bucks extra per week. if i dont comply she will ask me to move out.

pesonally i think its retarded even to do such a thing, the only problem was that i did not sign a solid contract and things were periodic. damn idiots

if someone has a room offer to boot, in brisbane st lucia i want to hear it. i hate to bring this up to the relevant authorities, i feel she is stupid as she wrote there in black and white that she is forcing me out of the house due to her own imcompetence.

i want to do this diplomatically, id hate to live with someone that is soo stupic

My visa got approved! =) weird though really. It was approved even before i finished my medical check up. Said that they used the medical check up data which i did last year for my old visa. So yeah. =) yays.