---
title: "Genuine Student evidence checklist for a student visa"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/genuine-student-evidence-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a30-genuine-student-evidence-checklist"
area_id: "A30"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A30-T1-R12"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Genuine Student evidence checklist for a student visa

> A checklist of the Genuine Student questions and the evidence the Home Affairs page asks an applicant to attach, for a student visa lodged on or after 23 March 2024.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/genuine-student-evidence-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use when preparing a student visa application lodged on or after 23 March 2024. Applications lodged before that date are assessed under the Genuine Temporary Entrant requirement, which this checklist does not restate.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build a student-visa compliance and genuine-study checklist](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/build-a-student-visa-compliance-and-genuine-study-checklist.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may list which evidence is missing against the Genuine Student page; the practitioner settles every word that will be typed into the application, and AI does not write those answers.

**AI may:**

- List the five form questions and tick the evidence the page asks for against documents the applicant has supplied
- Flag a study gap of more than two months, a change of course, or a previous visa refusal, as a topic the page says is considered
- Count words in a draft the applicant has written, against the 150-word limit

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the answers that will be lodged, or a separate Genuine Student statement the page says it would rather not receive
- Must not treat a later plan to seek permanent residence as a point against the applicant; the page says that intention does not count against them
- Must not set out Ministerial Direction No. 106; the page refers to it and the direction was not opened

**The lawyer checks:**

- The application date is on or after 23 March 2024, so the Genuine Student requirement applies
- Each lodged answer is in English, within 150 words, and is supported by a document where the page says evidence is given more weight
- Home-country ties, course choice, and immigration history are each addressed from the applicant's own documents
- Nothing in the lodged answers was generated and then presented as the applicant's own account

## Authorities

- [Department of Home Affairs, Genuine Student requirement, last updated 24 September 2026 (applications from 23 March 2024, the form questions, 150-word responses, and the evidence to attach)](https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/student-500/genuine-student-requirement)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/genuine-student-evidence-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*