Form 1545 – COVID-19 Impacted Students [Update 2025]

Form 1545

COVID-19 Impacted Students

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Who should use Form 1545?

You should use this form if you are an Education Provider (as per the definition in the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000) supporting a COVID-19-impacted student who is:

• eligible for a nil visa application charge for a new Student (Subclass 500) visa application if they are unable to complete their approved course of study within the original visa validity due to COVID-19
• seeking to have online study undertaken outside Australia as a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions counted towards the Australian Study Requirement.

Lodging Form 1545

Education providers must complete and sign this form and give it to the impacted student. The student then needs to include this form with either:

• Form 157A (internet): Application for a Student (Subclass 500) visa, if the student is applying for this visa, or
• Form 1409 (internet): Application for a Temporary Graduate (Subclass 485) visa, if the graduate is applying for this visa.

Note: This form will only be accepted as part of a visa application if the student provides it at the time of online lodgement. If the student does not meet COVID-19-impacted eligibility or fails to submit this form during lodgement, the application could be invalidated. In such cases, the student must submit a new application.

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