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From time to time the Australian Department of Immigration make amendments and Legislation Changes which make obtaining an Australia Visa easier or indeed a litttle harder.
On the 26th of April a number of minor changes were announced. Most of these are not particularly relevant to most of our readers, however a changes to the Student Visa class are worthy of a mention.
The regulations are amended to:
- Include work rights on all initial student visa grants thus removing the need for student visa holders to make a separate application for permission to work.
- Prevent students and their family members from undertaking work until the student has commenced their course of study or training by amending student visa work conditions.
- Define the term ‘week’ as it applies to student visa work conditions.
- Increase the Student Visa Application Charge
- Amend a minor technical error made as a result of 2007 changes relating to the introduction of the Values Statement.
Transitional provisions: The amendments apply in relation to an application for a visa made but not finally determined before, or made on or after, 26 April 2008.
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I like Austalia but it is not so easy to stay for ever in this Country.
I hope to go the next time again to Down Under and can stay about 6 Month or longer.
Greetings Hans