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Aged care facilities have joined supermarkets as businesses that can request authorisation to allow student visa holders who are subject to work restrictions to work in excess of 40 hours per fortnight. The announcement yesterday also flags the possibility that these temporary and extraordinary measures may not stop there.
Read MoreToday is an important day for any person who held or was an applicant for (and subsequently granted) a 457 visa on 17 March 2017 as the instrument that allows these people to access beneficial transitional/grandfathering arrangements to apply for an employer sponsored 186 visa will expire in less than 2 years. This is the minimum time needed to work for their nominator. However, policy may allow a little leeway to this regulation….
Read MoreThe Prime Minister announced yesterday that all visitors to Australia must self-isolate for at least 14 days when they arrive to prevent the spread of coronavirus. There is also a ban on all cruise liners from foreign ports in Australia for the next 30 days. Additionally, updated advice from the Department of Home Affairs has threatened visa cancellation on certain people who have been to mainland China, South Korea, Iran, and Italy after a specific date.
Read MoreWhile the effects of coronavirus do not appear to be subsiding, one group of people may find some benefit: international student employed by major supermarkets. This is because the acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs announced today that existing employees of major supermarket chains will be able to work beyond 40 hours per fortnight to help keep shelves stocked with panic-buying essentials.
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