The Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa (subclass 482) The Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa is a neat little visa that allows Australian employers, and eligible overseas businesses, to sponsor skilled workers from overseas. The skilled worker could be living and working overseas (when they are sponsored) or in Australia, for example, on a working holiday visa or other type of visa. The TSS visa is also called the subclass 482 visa. We prefer to call it the 482 visa! For…
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Breaking: Full time work rights for international students employed in tourism and hospitality
The Department of Home Affairs has announced changes that will make many international students around Australia very happy. As of 10th May 2021, there is no longer a 40-hour per fortnight work restriction for primary visa holders employed in the tourism and hospitality sectors. In response to the pandemic, and to assist a labour shortage due to the significant drop in people currently allowed to enter the country to take up jobs, the government has temporarily relaxed its approach towards…
COVID-19 Response – International students
In response to the coronavirus outbreak, there has been an extraordinarily high demand for items such as toilet paper, tissues, hand sanitiser, rice and pasta in all the major supermarkets like Coles and Woolworths. Many shoppers are ‘losing their heads’ and fighting in the supermarket aisles over basic products. It’s not a pretty sight and a poor reflection on Western society. Australia is not short of food and we are certainly not short of toilet rolls! Our toilet rolls are…