Thank you for your interest in the IPSA Consortium
English Language School in Byron Bay, Australia!

Application Deadlines

We encourage you to apply as far in advance as possible. Normally, we must receive your application and a full payment of tuition fees no later than 40 days before the program starts. Acceptance of late applications is subject to space availability and last minute booking supplement.

Visa Requirements

Anyone who is not an Australian citizen needs a valid visa to enter and stay in Australia. There are many types of visas, each designed to suit a specific purpose, the length of the proposed stay in Australia and the type of activities people want to do when they get here.

If you are going to study English or take one of the English Plus Activities courses (English plus Activities, English and Surfing or Diving, or English and Music and you do not intend to stay in Australia more than 3 month, you need to apply for a Visitor/Tourist visa.

If you are going to study English full-time for more than 3 months, you need to apply for a student visa. You may apply for this type of visa only if an education or training course offered by an Australian education provider registered with the Australian Government to offer courses to overseas students. English School in Byron Bay is registered with the Australian Government to offer courses to overseas students. Its CRICOS Provider Code: 02219J.

How to apply?

• Online. You may apply online only if you pay an application fee and a tuition deposit online by credit card. We accept VISA and MasterCard. In our Online Secure Application Form, we utilize the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) authentication and RC4 128 bit encryption technology. SSL encryption protects information being transmitted across the internet to our processing center.
  
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• You can also send your application by Fax or Mail. Just print out a Monospaced Printable Application Form from your browser, complete it and send your application by fax or mail. If you decide to use a Monospaced Printable Application Form, you can pay the application fee and the tuition deposit by credit card, certified (cashiers) check, money order or wire transfer. You will find detailed payment instructions on the application form.
  
  Click here to access our Monospaced Printable Application Form

Please send us the folowing:

1. Completed application (printed or online).
   
   
2. An autobiographical essay including reasons for wishing to study abroad (optional).
   
   
3. A non-refundable application fee of US$75 and a Tuition Deposit of US$200. If you apply less than 30 days before the program starts, please also send a last minute bookings supplement in the amount of US$60.00. The above fees and the deposit are part of the cost of your program and are deducted from the total of the program fees after conversion them in Australian dollars according to the current exchange rate for buyers communicated by IPSA on the invoice date. Please note that your application will be considered only when your payment of the application fee(s) and the tuition deposit has been received.
   
   Upon receiving your application and your payment of the required fee(s) and the tuition deposit, we will send you a registration confirmation and invoice for the balance due. The balance may be paid in Australian or in U.S. Dollars. Please note that normally we must receive a full payment of the program fees at least 40 days before the commencement of your program.
   
   You may pay by wire transfer, certified (cashiers) check, money order, or by credit card. We accept Visa and Mastercard. You will find payment details on the Application forms.
   
   Students who need a student visa have to send us course fees first. We will then issue a confirmation of enrollment - COE. This COE must be presented to the embassy with a student visa application form.
   
   Australian immigration policy requires that all tuition costs for English language training be paid prior to visa issue.

Other Terms and Conditions of Enrollment

General

IPSA and Member Schools are not liable in any cases of force majeure (according to the law) or for actions of the students and their consequences.

Guardianship

Students under 18 years of age only: Parents of students enrolling at the school must nominate a guardian living in Byron Bay who will be responsible for the welfare of the child whilst studying at our school, or request the school's Guardianship Service.

Cancellations, refunds, last minute booking and late payments

Postponement of Courses, Changes and Last Minute Bookings

1. The office must receive written notification at least 30 days before your program begins in order to transfer your reservation to a later course date.
2. For last minute bookings and last minute changes, as well as for the late payments (arrival within 30 days) a US$60.00 supplement will be charged.

Cancellation before arrival

You must inform the office in writing. Cancellation fees are charged as follows, and any balance is refunded less non-refundable items (application fee, last minute booking and late payment supplemens, bank fee and payment processing charges, international courier service fees):

More than 14 days before the program begins: Cancellation fee of US$200.
No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than 14 days before the program starts.

If your application for a student visa is denied, your cancellation notice and a copy of the denial letter from the Australian Embassy must reach us no later than 14 days before the program starts in order to be eligible for refund according to the terms and conditions listed above.

Cancellation after arrival

In no case money will be refunded once the course and/or lodging has started. No refund can be given for partial attendance or the discontinuance or interruption of a course/program.