Student visa applicants can apply to study two or more courses on the one Student visa. This is known as "Course Packaging". "Course Packaging" is where a Student visa applicant seeks to combine a preliminary course (or courses) of study with a main course of study. These students apply for the visa Subclass which corresponds to the main course of study.

If a Student visa applicant is only studying one course, then their AL is based on the country of the passport they hold and the Subclass of visa which corresponds to that course of study.

If a Student visa applicant is applying to study a package of courses, the AL of a Student visa applicant's preliminary course (or courses) affects the evidentiary requirements the student must meet. Where the AL of a preliminary course is higher than the AL for the main course (with the exception of English language courses), students are assessed against the evidentiary requirements of the highest AL in their package of courses.

More information on Assessment Levels and course packaging can be found at http://www.immi.gov.au/students/student-information.htm/. Information specific to Vietnam can be found at http://www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hchi/visas_and_migration.html.