I am coming with my wife on spouse visa (she is having study visa). Just wanted to check, if both ear, will we be able to pay the tuition fee for her by earning there?
It will be very difficult to earn enough to pay her tuition but you haven't told us what type of work you are qualified for or the course she will be taking so it's impossible to say with any certainty.
Unless her course is a masters or doctorate, you can only work for up to 40 hours per fortnight all year around and she can only work for that long while her course is in session (though she can work unlimited hours during official course breaks) and those hours will be unlikely to pay enough to pay your living expenses AND tuition. Neither of you is allowed to work until she actually begins her course.
The usual tuition fee for an international student is around the after tax amount for a full time worker. However with the limited amount of hours you can work, and the sporadic amount she can work, means you will only get the low paid jobs, so it will be by vary hard to make the fee. This is not counting putting a cent towards your living expenses which will be the same amount as the tuition fees for a couple.
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It will be very difficult to earn enough to pay her tuition but you haven't told us what type of work you are qualified for or the course she will be taking so it's impossible to say with any certainty.
Unless her course is a masters or doctorate, you can only work for up to 40 hours per fortnight all year around and she can only work for that long while her course is in session (though she can work unlimited hours during official course breaks) and those hours will be unlikely to pay enough to pay your living expenses AND tuition. Neither of you is allowed to work until she actually begins her course.
The usual tuition fee for an international student is around the after tax amount for a full time worker. However with the limited amount of hours you can work, and the sporadic amount she can work, means you will only get the low paid jobs, so it will be by vary hard to make the fee. This is not counting putting a cent towards your living expenses which will be the same amount as the tuition fees for a couple.