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Holmesglen International Student Prospectus 2014
Holmesglen Welfare Support Program
Holmesglen offers a welfare support program that is designed to meet
the needs of international students who wish to study while under the
age of 18 years.
This program provides:
• an assigned person approved by Holmesglen
• academic monitoring and progress reports
• contact with the student and homestay family on a regular basis
• liaison with the student’s teachers
• activities with other people providing welfare support and those in
their care
• regular contact with student’s family
All students who enter into Holmesglen’s welfare support program are
required to stay in homestay accommodation. The program enables
international students to settle into their new Australian lifestyle with
the support of a homestay family, their welfare carer and Holmesglen
staff. It is an opportunity for the students to learn about Australian
culture in a safe and understanding environment, while focussing on
their academic program.
The fee attached to the welfare support program is:
$600 per 13-week term. Payment must be made in full prior to the
student’s arrival.
Student turns 18 within two months of
commencement of studies
When a student turns 18 within two months of commencing their
course at Holmesglen, Holmesglen will appoint a Holmesglen Welfare
Officer as welfare carer. No payment is required for this service.
Students are still required to live in homestay
accommodation until the age of 18.
Parents can Nominate a Company to Provide Welfare Arrangements
Families may wish to consider direct contact with a welfare support
company. Please contact the International Centre to obtain an up-to-
date listing of companies that Holmesglen recognises. Students are
still required to live in homestay accommodation until the age of 18.
Parents can apply for a Student Guardian Visa
The guardian visa will allow an overseas student’s parent or relative
to remain in Australia for the entire period that they are required to be
here to provide for the student’s welfare.
The student guardian will be expected to live with the student while in
Australia, and must not leave without the student unless appropriate
alternative arrangements are first put in place. All initial student
guardian visa applications must be made outside Australia.
Further information about the student guardian visa and its
requirements is available on the Department of Immigration and
Citizenship’s website
Applications for this need to
be made directly to DIAC.
Parents can Nominate a Suitable Relative to
Provide Welfare Arrangements
Holmesglen understands that families may have relatives living in
Melbourne who wish to provide welfare support for their son/daughter.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship defines a ‘suitable
relative’ as a person who is a grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle,
niece or nephew, or step-grandparent, stepbrother or step-sister, step-
aunt, step-uncle, step-niece or step-nephew, nominated by the parents,
over the age of 21, and is of good character.
Further information about nominating a suitable relative and the
requirements is available on the Department of Immigration and
Citizenship’s website
Applications for this need to
be made directly to DIAC.
Transition Arrangements Between Providers
Where an overseas student has been granted a visa for multiple
courses, each registered provider must nominate the period for which
they are responsible for approving the care arrangements. Where
appropriate care arrangements have not been made for overseas
students under 18 years of age outside this nominated period, the
overseas student may have their student visa cancelled and may be
required to leave Australia.
Students under the age of 18 who study at Holmesglen and who will
complete their course by 31 December and are transferring to another
provider to commence study by 15 March the following year require
welfare arrangements. Holmesglen will provide welfare arrangements
for this period at a cost of $600.
