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Fees & Refunds for International Students

You are an International Student if you are NOT a Domestic Student i.e. you are not an Australian or New Zealand citizen and you do not hold an Australian permanent resident visa. This is regardless of where you have studied and what qualifications you may have.​

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Fees & Refunds for International Students

You are an International Student if you are NOT a Domestic Student i.e. you are not an Australian or New Zealand citizen and you do not hold an Australian permanent resident visa. This is regardless of where you have studied and what qualifications you may have.​

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Request Fee Table for 2025 and 2026

Fill in the form below and we will send the latest International Students Fee table directly to your inbox. One of our Student Support members will also be in contact with you.
Refund Procedures for International Students

Any request for a refund of any fees already paid must be made in writing to by using the Refund Request Form.

 

Enrolment/application fee is non-refundable.

 

The tuition fees will be refunded only under the following circumstances as stated below:

  • If Charter Australia refuses the student's application 100% of all tuition fees will be refunded.
  • If a student fails to commence their course due to their student visa application being refused 95% of all fees paid will be refunded (rejection letter from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection is required).
  • If a student withdraws from a course 28 days or more before the course start date, and the student’s visa application has been granted, 70% of all tuition fees paid will be refunded.
  • If a student withdraws from a course in less than 28 days before the course start date, and the student’s visa application has been granted, 50% of all tuition fees paid will be refunded.
  • If a student visa extension application is refused all unused tuition fees will be refunded
  • NO REFUND will be made to any student who withdraws after the commencement of the course or during the course unless the student can provide a medical certificate or show evidence of extreme personal hardship.

Tuition fees will be not refunded under the following circumstances:

  • Where a Student’s enrolment is terminated for failure to comply with Charter Australia’s policies and procedures or with the requirements of their Student Visa.
  • A Student does not commence the course at the scheduled Start Date (i.e. does not attend and has not arranged with us for a late start on health or compassionate grounds)

Refunds will be paid to the student, agent or third party from whom the original payment was received.

Payment made by credit card must be refunded back to the original card number.

 

​Where a refund is approved, Charter Australia will make payment of the refund within 28 days of the receipt of the application for the refund.

Optional Fees

Optional fees cover additional services and resources that fall outside standard course tuition, such as printing, materials, re-issued documents, assessment resits, and other non-essential items. The table below outlines the optional charges students may incur depending on your individual needs and requests. Optional fees cover non-essential goods and services provided to you, and please note that these fees are typically non-refundable.

 

Item

Fees Description
1. Course materials Most course materials are provided in electronic format in the Student Portal. For students’ convenience, hard copies for certain assessments are also provided to the students with no additional charge. However, if students require specific printing of course materials, a small fee will be charged:

Health & Community Services:

  • Lessons and/or Assessment Tasks – $5 per unit
  • Work placement Logbook – $5 per logbook
2. Printing Administration staff is able to assist our students to print course related materials at 5c per page.
3. Course Related Fees
  • RPL Application Fee: $50
  • Course Extension Fee: $100 per week for up to 6 weeks. Please note: All extensions are applied from the enrolment expiry date without exception.
  • Assessment Repeat Fee: Students have 3 free attempts for each assessment task. Any extra will incur an $100 per attempt per assessment/task.
  • Course Repeat Fees: $300 per Cert III & IV course unit, $600 per Diploma course unit
  • Reactive System Access: Students have four (4) additional weeks system access to the assessment after the assessment due date. For example, if an assessment task is due in four (4) weeks time, the system will allow student access until the end of the eighth (8th) week. To reactive the access to the particular assessment will incur a fee of $100.
4. Student Work Placement Insurance Charter Australia strongly recommends our students to purchase their own personal injury insurance for the period while they are scheduled to undertake work placement. Charter Australia will be able to arrange student work placement person injury insurance for $150 per student for up to 9 months.
5. First Aid Course If HLTAID0011 Provide First Aid is one of the required units in the qualification which the student has enrolled in, there will be no charge for the student on the condition that no credit transfer has been applied for this unit.

Booking for the students who have enrolled into the above qualification courses will be processed by Charter’s Administration.

For all other students, booking must be made via Charter’s website and booking fees be paid online.
6. Student Cards Student will be issued a Student ID Card on enrolment at no cost.

If students apply for replacement student cards for any reason (i.e. Lost or damaged), the fee of reissuing student card is $20.
7. Issuing First Aid Certificate After having successfully completed the first aid certificate unit, students will be issued electronic PDF version of certificate. $20 preparation fee will be charged if a hardcopy is required.
8. Other Certificate Replacement Charges may apply to certificate replacement.
  • Softcopy – $0
  • Hardcopy – $20 (Postage within Australia is included)
9. Police Check and USI Students are requested to do Police Check and obtain USI at their own cost and time. Service fee of $20 will be charged to student who requires full assistance.
10. Change of CoE $150