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Do student visas lead to permanent residence? 10 countries
11 routes in this comparison.
Study permits and post-study permissions
- Australia student visa (subclass 500)
Australia
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- No amount stored
- Funds
- From AUD 29,710
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Department of Home Affairs · verified 2026-08-14
- Canada student visa: Study Permit → PGWP
Canada
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- CAD 150
- Funds
- From CAD 22,895
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · verified 2026-08-15
- Germany student visa: Student residence permit
Germany
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- EUR 75
- Funds
- From EUR 11,904
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Federal Government (Make it in Germany) · verified 2026-08-15
- Ireland post-study work visa: Third Level Graduate Programme (Stamp 1G)
Ireland
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- EUR 300
- Funds
- Not published on the page we read
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration · verified 2026-08-15
- Netherlands post-study work visa: Orientation year for highly educated persons
Netherlands
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- EUR 254
- Funds
- Not yet checked
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Immigration and Naturalisation Service · verified 2026-08-15
- Netherlands student visa: Student residence permit for university or higher professional education
Netherlands
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- EUR 254
- Funds
- EUR 1,130.77
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Immigration and Naturalisation Service · verified 2026-08-15
- New Zealand student visa: Fee Paying Student Visa
New Zealand
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- From NZD 850
- Funds
- NZD 20,000
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Immigration New Zealand · verified 2026-08-15
- Portugal student visa: study, exchange, internship or volunteering
Portugal
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- EUR 90
- Funds
- From EUR 920
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Governo de Portugal (gov.pt) · verified 2026-09-24
- Sweden student visa: Residence permit for studies at higher education
Sweden
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- SEK 1,500
- Funds
- From SEK 10,656
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) · verified 2026-08-15
- UAE student visa: Residence permit for study
United Arab Emirates
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- AED 200
- Funds
- Not yet checked
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae) · verified 2026-09-24
- UK student visa
United Kingdom
- Residency
- Temporary — not a permanent-residence route on its own
- Application fee
- GBP 558
- Funds
- From GBP 1,171
- Processing time
- No commitment to a processing time
Source: UK Visas and Immigration · verified 2026-09-24
Every one of these is temporary. What matters is what the authority says happens next, and several say plainly that the next step is a separate application and not settlement.
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