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Student funds estimator.
If the Document Checklist Tool asks you to show financial capacity, this gives a general figure from the published Home Affairs amounts. It runs in your browser and sends nothing to us.
Family members
For applications lodged from 2 October 2026, most Student visa applicants can no longer include family members. Only tick the family option if you are in an exempt group, such as PhD students, DFAT or Defence sponsored students, fully funded foreign government scholarship holders, or eligible Pacific or ASEAN nationals. Read the Student visa guide.