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Second working-holiday visa work requirement included lawful remuneration

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryAustralia
Operative dateDecember 1, 2015
CategoryMigration policy
Affected groupSubclass 417 working holiday visa holders seeking a further visa based on specified regional work

Policy effect

For applications made on or after December 1, 2015 by people who held or had held a Subclass 417 Working Holiday visa in Australia, qualifying specified regional work had to total at least three months of full-time work or its part-time or casual equivalent. The work had to be remunerated in accordance with relevant Australian legislation and awards. That remuneration requirement did not apply to work carried out before December 1, 2015.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: For applications made on or after December 1, 2015 by people who held or had held a Subclass 417 Working Holiday visa in Australia, qualifying specified regional work had to total at least three months of full-time work or its part-time or casual equivalent.; That remuneration requirement did not apply to work carried out before December 1, 2015.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… ce under paragraph (3)(h). (6) For subregulation (5), the first applicant may be in or outside Australia.Authorised Version F2015L01810 registered 17/11/2015 Schedule 5 Work requirements for working holiday visas 8 Migration Legislation Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2015 No. 184, 2015 OPC61403 - E Schedule 5—Work requirements for working holiday visas Migration Regulations 1994 1 Subclause 417.211(5) of Schedule 2 Repeal the subclause, substitute: (5) If the applicant is, or has previously been, in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 417 visa, the Minister is satisfied that: (a) … the applicant has carried out (whether on a full-time, part-time or casual basis) a period or periods of specified work in regional Australia as the holder of the visa; and (b) the total period of the work carried out is, or is equivalent to, at least 3 months full-time work; and (c) the applicant has been remunerated for the work in accordance with relevant Australian legislation and awards.Authorised Version F2015L01810 registered 17/11/2015 Addition of public interest criterion 4020 to certain visa subclasses Schedule 6 No. 184, 2015 Migration Legislation Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Re … ance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table The day after this instrument is registered. 18 November 2015 2. Schedules 1 to 4 21 November 2015. 21 November 2015 3. Schedule 5 1 December 2015. 1 December 2015 4. Schedule 6 21 November 2015. 21 November 2015 5. Schedule 7 Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Migration Amendment (2015 Measures No. 1) … endment (2015 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2015 commence on 21 November 2015.Authorised Version F2015L01810 registered 17/11/2015 Application and transitional provisions Schedule 10 No. 184, 2015 Migration Legislation Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2015 15 OPC61403 - E 4802 Operation of Schedule 5 (1) The amendments of these Regulations made by Schedule 5 to the Migration Legislation Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2015 apply in relation to an application for a visa made on or after 1 December 2015. (2) However, to the extent that the application relates to work carried ou … t before 1 December 2015, paragraph 417.211(5)(c) of Schedule 2 (as amended by the amendments referred to in subclause (1)) does not apply in relation to that work. Note: Schedule 5 to the Migration Legislation Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2015 commences on 1 December 2015. 4803 Operation of Schedule 6 The amendments of these Regulations made by Schedule 6 to the Migration Legislation Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2015 apply in relation to the following applications for a visa: (a) an application made, but not finally determined, before 21 November 2015; (b) an appli …
Federal Register of LegislationF2015L01810, Schedule 5, commencement table and Schedule 10 application rules; official explanatory statementOpen official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2015L01810/asmade/2015-11-12/text/original/pdf

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