Your OSHC policy must cover the full period of your visa. Therefore, please enter the policy start date as your visa start date and your policy end date as your visa end date.

If you don’t know the dates of your visa, see below for further information.

Policy start date	Policy end date
Your visa start date	Your visa end date

If you get the dates wrong and need to adjust them, your insurance company will be able to do this quickly and issue you with a new policy with the correct dates.

Your OSHC policy must cover the full period of your visa. Therefore, you need to get a policy which starts the day after your previous policy ends and goes through until your visa end date. You can buy this policy before your current policy ends. When extending your OSHC cover, you can change your OSHC provider.

If you don’t know the dates of your visa, see below for further information.

Policy start date	Policy end date
Your last policy expiry date + 1 day	Your visa end date

If you get the dates wrong and need to adjust them, your insurance company will be able to do this quickly and issue you with a new policy with the correct dates.

Your OSHC policy must cover the full period of your visa. Therefore if your policy lapses, you need to get a policy which starts the day after your previous policy ended and goes through until your visa end date.

If you don’t know the dates of your visa, see below for further information.

Policy start date	Policy end date
Your last policy expiry date + 1 day	Your visa end date

If you get the dates wrong and need to adjust them, your insurance company will be able to do this quickly and issue you with a new policy with the correct dates.

Your OSHC policy must cover the full period of your visa. Your student visa can be granted up to the maximum duration outlined in the table below.

Length of course	Finishing month	Visa start date	Visa end date
10 months or less	Jan-Dec	Your date of entry to Australia	Course end date + 1 month
More than 10 months	Jan-Oct	Your date of entry to Australia	Course end date + 2 months
More than 10 months	Nov-Dec	Your date of entry to Australia	March 15 the following year

For more information: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/student-500/length-of-stay