Approval to Provide Courses for Overseas Students - NSW - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You will need this approval if you are a school provider and intend to deliver courses to international students who hold a student visa and are enrolled at the school. This includes school courses and Non-Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Award English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) provided in the capacity as a school.

A NSW school provider offers course levels for either:

Primary school
Junior secondary
Senior secondary certificate of education
Non-AQF award (qualifications that are not government quality assured and not accredited by the Australian higher education or vocational education and training accreditation authorities).

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To provide courses for overseas students, your organisation will need to be listed on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS). CRICOS registration is a two stage process:

The first stage is that the provider and the courses to be delivered are approved by the Board.
The second stage is undertaken by the Australian Government. It is at this stage that providers and courses are registered by being listed on the CRICOS website.

Please contact the agency to identify any further eligibility requirements.

Duration

As specified

Fees

Task	Type	Business Structure	Description
Apply	Application	All	Fee information is in the attached fee resource.

Forms

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Apply	All	Schools with Overseas Students Online Application (Opens in new window)

Other resources

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Comply	All	Fee Schedule (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Guidelines for Approved NSW School Providers Delivering Courses to Overseas Students (Opens in new window)
Comply	All	Proforma for Document Audit for Initial Approval of a School Provider to Deliver ELICOS (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Education Act 1990 New South Wales

Application process

Lodge

Applications are made using RANGS Online. Please see the website for the application procedure.

Administering agency

NSW Education Standards Authority

Contact details

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Registration and Accreditation Branch

NSW Education Standards Authority
New South Wales
Operating address:	117 Clarence Street Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 5300 Sydney, New South Wales 2001
Phone:	02 9367 8432
Fax:	02 9367 8399
Email:	schoolrego@nesa.nsw.edu.au

Supporting information

Delivering Courses to Overseas Students (Opens in new window)

Approval to Provide Courses for Overseas Students - New South Wales