Onshore Students Hub
The 31 March 2026 commission ban means education agents no longer earn from helping students already in Australia. Here is the published data and the official rules, in one place.
General information only — not migration advice.
All content on this hub is general information sourced from publicly available Australian Government publications. For decisions about your specific situation, consult a MARA-registered migration agent or an Australian immigration lawyer.
What’s in this hub
Onshore Grant Rates
DHA-published grant rates for students lodging from inside Australia, compared against offshore rates, by sector across the trailing six months.
View grant-rate data →
Changing Courses
The six-month rule under National Code 2018 Standard 7 — when a new registered provider can enrol a transferring student, and the four exception conditions.
Read the rules →
Provider Closure
What the Tuition Protection Service (TPS) does when a provider closes, how to request assistance, and what "unspent tuition fees" covers.
Understand your rights →
485 Timing
General information on the Temporary Graduate visa (Subclass 485) available to eligible graduates — timing and eligibility rules are published by the Department of Home Affairs.
Learn about 485 timing →
About the onshore grant-rate data
DHA publishes student visa grant rates separately for applications lodged from inside Australia (onshore) and from outside Australia (offshore). Onshore grant rates can differ meaningfully from offshore rates by sector. The grant-rates page surfaces this split across Higher Education (HE), Vocational Education and Training (VET), and ELICOS sectors for the trailing six months, so students already in Australia can see the sector-level picture that applies to their situation.
The published rules state that data covers applications lodged and decided within the MD115 financial year window. Rates reflect all citizenship countries except conflict-zone exclusions applied consistently across this platform. Numbers update when DHA releases new monthly data — typically on a rolling basis.