Education compliance consultants, internationally
CAQA works with education and training providers outside Australia on registration, quality systems and audit readiness, and with overseas organisations that want to set up, buy or partner with an Australian RTO or CRICOS provider. Each country has its own regulator and route, so each has its own page.
Registration. Quality systems. Australian partnerships.
Countries we work in
- New Zealand: NZQA registration of private training establishments and the Code of Practice for international learners.
- United Kingdom: the Office for Students, the apprenticeship provider register, Ofsted and the Home Office student sponsor licence.
- Singapore: private education institution registration, EduTrust and funded course approval.
- India: NCVET-recognised awarding bodies and skills training partnerships.
- United Arab Emirates: federal higher education licensing, with separate pages for Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Entering the Australian VET market
Organisations from any of these countries can set up a new RTO in Australia, buy an existing one, or partner with an Australian provider. The rules that matter most:
- Only a legal entity can apply, and every RTO needs a valid ABN or ACN, so an overseas group sets up an Australian company first. An RTO must deliver training to students in Australia; an organisation that plans to train only students outside Australia cannot register.
- Everyone who governs the RTO, including anyone owning 15% or more, must meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements, and the organisation must already be independently assessed as financially viable when it applies to ASQA.
- Registration cannot transfer to a new legal entity. When an RTO's ownership changes by 15% or more, ASQA must be notified, and a change of 50% or more within 12 months brings a new financial viability assessment and closer scrutiny.
- Since 5 December 2025, only RTOs that have delivered VET to domestic students in Australia for at least two years can apply for CRICOS registration to enrol student visa holders, with limited exemptions. CRICOS providers then work under the ESOS Act 2000 and the National Code 2018 and pay Tuition Protection Service levies.
- An Australian RTO delivering offshore must tell ASQA when it starts, and report its delivery locations and countries. Offshore delivery is regulated under the same registration and Standards.
We help overseas organisations plan the route, prepare registration, check an RTO before purchase, and set up compliant partnership and offshore delivery arrangements.
How we work
We work internationally, remotely and on site by arrangement, and agree the consultant, scope, fees and time zones before work starts. We do not claim a local office in any country; decisions remain with the relevant regulator.
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Countries we work in
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