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Help for hospitality and tourism sectors struggling to find adequate staff is forthcoming as an announcement yesterday sees these industries added to the list for the 408 “Pandemic Event” visa along with the policy decision to allow student visa holders employed in these sectors to have unrestricted work rights.
Read MoreRecent figures on the dwindling number of Subclass 417 - Working Holiday visa holders pose a grim future for Australian industries that rely on this overseas and highly mobile workforce. This, however, does not tell the whole story.
Read MoreNo further stay waivers between March and December 2020 indicate an extremely high approval rate of at least 96 per cent with only 12 out of over 37,000 applications being refused.
Read MoreChanges to the Subclass 408 COVID-19 Pandemic event visa adds agriculture, child care, disability care, food processing, and health care sectors to the existing aged care sector as industries for overseas nationals currently employed, or those with offers of employment, to be eligible for this visa if they are unable to meet the requirements of any other substantive visa. The timeframe to apply has also been extended from within 90 days (up from 28 days) from when their substantive visa expires.
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