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Your student visa often enables you to work up to 40 hours per fortnight during term time and an unlimited number of hours during scheduled semester breaks if you’d like to find part-time work in Australia while studying. You are not restricted from working while pursuing a PhD or a master’s by research. You can’t begin working until after you’ve started your course.
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The 40-hour cap does not apply to work that is expected of you as part of your course. As long as it is truly voluntary (unpaid), beneficial to the community, and performed for a nonprofit organization, volunteer work is also excluded. However, if your volunteer activity could have been completed by an Australian citizen who would have received payment, it counts toward the 40 hours requirement.
To work in Australia, you must obtain a Tax File Number (TFN). The Australian Taxation Office has an online application for this. You should keep your TFN confidential because it serves as your personal identification number in the Australian tax system.
Your income will likely fall below the tax-free amount of AU$18,200 (about US$13,750). To record your income generated in Australia (as well as any revenue from work you did while a temporary resident of Australia) and the taxes you paid, you must nevertheless file a tax return by the end of the Australian income year (30 June). A notice of assessment and potential tax refund will be sent to you.
How to work in Australia after completing your study:
After graduating, you must apply for an Australian work visa if you intend to continue working there. Your new visa will replace any previous ones as soon as it is approved since, unless you have a bridging visa, you can only carry one visa at a time.
The Temporary Graduate visa is the one you’ll probably apply for as an international graduate in Australia (subclass 485). This enables those who have just graduated from an Australian higher education institution to temporarily reside in the nation for employment, travel, or study.
These visas come in two streams:
Graduate work stream – For foreign students who graduate with a qualification that is acceptable and pertains to a job that the Skilled Occupation List deems to be in-demand on the Australian labor market (SOL). The duration of a visa in this track is 18 months.
Graduates of all other fields may apply for the post-study work stream. Your qualifications will determine how long this visa will last. Your visa is valid for two years if you hold a bachelor’s, master’s (extended), or master’s by coursework degree. The duration of the visa is three years if you have a master’s by research, and four years if you have a PhD.
Applying for this visa using Form 1409, which also includes a request for the condition to be waived, is still possible if your visa has a “No Further Stay” condition attached to it.
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In order to qualify for a temporary graduate visa, you must have:
You must first have your documentation together, demonstrating that you meet all the requirements, before you can apply. Your birth certificate, passport photos, a letter from your health insurance company, completion letters and transcripts from your university, as well as others, depending on your specific situation, are examples of these documents.
The next step is to submit your application by mail or online using your ImmiAccount, along with all of your supporting documentation and the current visa application fee of AU$1,500 (about US$1,170) for you and an additional fee for any accompanying family members. You might be qualified for a bridging visa, which permits you to remain in Australia while your visa application is being processed, throughout the period while your visa is being processed. A visa interview or more information requests could be made of you.
If you however want to stay back in Australia and become a permanent resident, there are various visas that permit you to remain in Australia and settle there permanently. You can investigate your choices, which include the following, using the Department of Immigration’s Visa Finder here. But your choices generally includes the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) and the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)