Attendance - Subclass 500 (schools) visa procedure

Audience

Education Queensland International (EQI), EQI staff, EQI school staff, Overseas students, EQI homestay providers, parents/Department of Home Affairs (DHA) approved guardians of Overseas students and agents.

Purpose 

This procedure outlines the roles and responsibilities of EQI and schools and the steps they follow to: 

• monitor Overseas students’ school attendance
• provide intervention to assist Overseas students who are at risk of not meeting attendance requirements 
• escalate to EQI where an Overseas student is at risk of not meeting attendance requirements
• cancel an Overseas student’s enrolment and report them to the Australian Government for unsatisfactory attendance.