Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In this regulation:
"cease" , in relation to a full - time course of study or training, includes to complete, to withdraw from, or to be excluded from, that course.
"Foreign Affairs student visa" means a student visa granted to a person who, as an applicant:
(a) satisfied the primary criteria for the grant of the visa; and
(b) was a student in a full - time course of study or training under a scholarship scheme or training program approved by the Foreign Minister or AusAID Minister.
(2) A person is a Foreign Affairs recipient if:
(a) either:
(i) the person is the holder of a Foreign Affairs student visa and has ceased:
(A) the full - time course of study or training to which that visa relates; or
(B) another course approved by the Foreign Minister or AusAID Minister in substitution for that course; or
(ii) if the person is not the holder of a Foreign Affairs student visa--the person has in the past been the holder of a Foreign Affairs student visa and has ceased:
(A) the full - time course of study or training to which the last Foreign Affairs student visa held by the person related; or
(B) another course approved by the Foreign Minister or AusAID Minister in substitution for that course; and
(b) the person has not spent at least 2 years outside Australia since ceasing the course.
(3) A person is a Foreign Affairs student if:
(a) the person has been approved by the Foreign Minister or AusAID Minister to undertake a full - time course of study or training under a scholarship scheme or training program approved by the Foreign Minister or AusAID Minister; and
(b) the person is:
(i) the holder of a Foreign Affairs student visa granted in circumstances where the person intended to undertake the full - time course of study or training; or
(ii) an applicant for a student visa whose application shows an intention to undertake a full - time course of study or training; and
(c) in the case of a person mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i)--the person has not ceased:
(i) the full - time course of study or training to which the visa relates; or
(ii) another course approved by the Foreign Minister or AusAID Minister in substitution for that course.