Updated Regulations for Work & Holiday Visa Subclass 462 & Working Holiday Visa Subclass 417 Holder After Australia Bushfires
Department of Home affairs just announced new rules for visa subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) Visa and Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) after Australia bushfires. Young people on working holiday visas will be able to help bushfire- affected communities get back on their feet following changes announced on the 5th of March by the Morrison Government. The new rules for working holiday visas would be welcome news to farmers and regional businesses. It means working holidaymakers can help rebuild homes, fences and farms. They can get onto properties and help with demolition, land clearing, and repairing dams, roads and railways.
One of the purposes of the regulation is to specify areas of Australia affected by bushfires occurring after the 31st of July 2019 and before the 1st of March 2020. Another purpose is to determine bushfire recovery work as work undertaken, including on a volunteer basis, carried out after the 31st of July 2019 in a specified area. The last purpose is to specify construction work as a kind of work for areas specified in the subsection, in alignment with specified work for visa subclass 417 (Working Holiday) and the subclass 462 (Work and Holiday).
Summary of working holiday visa (WHM) changes after Australia bushfires
The time a Working Holiday Maker can work with the same employer has been extended from six months to 12 months for those assisting with bushfire recovery efforts through a change in policy. This is consistent with arrangements put in place for recovery efforts following Cyclone Debbie in 2017.
The definition of “specified work” will be revised for the Work and Holiday Maker (subclass 462) visa, to ensure construction work in a disaster declared area is captured. This is consistent with existing arrangements for Working Holiday (subclass 417) visa holders.
Paid and volunteer disaster recovery work in declared areas impacted in the recent bushfires will count towards the “specified work” needed to apply for a second or third year 417 or 462 visa. For other parts of the regulations that remain unchanged, no further consultation was required.
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