Australian Immigration Daily News

The purpose of the instrument is to specify the number of weeks which determines the measure of an academic year for meeting the Australian study requirement.

This requirement is relevant to the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) and the skilled migration points test as part of applying for General Skilled Migration (GSM) visas. Students applying for a Temporary Graduate visa must have met the Australian study requirement in the six months prior to lodging their application.

Students applying for a GSM visa can earn points under the skilled migration points test if they meet the Australian study requirement. The intention is to remove any uncertainty as to the number of weeks a course must be registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students.

Source: LIN-19085-Academic-Year-Instrument-2019.pdf and

LIN-19085-Academic-Year-Instrument-explanatory-statement.pdf