Australia: New Rules Governing Student Employment Rights Will Go Into Force in July 2023!

MELBOURNE, Australia - April 11, 2023 - PRLog -- Highlights:

• International students studying in Australia will be permitted to work up to 48 hours per fortnight starting in July 2023.
• Additionally, in July, overseas students who graduate with particular degrees related to labour skill shortages in the Australian industry will be eligible for extended post-study employment privileges.
• The list of degrees that qualify has just been made public.

Generous rules regarding in-study and post-study job rights for overseas students have helped Australia's international education sector rebound after the pandemic. Today, we are going to look at the most recent laws governing labour rights in Australia, which will go into force on July 1, 2023.

Reintroducing Caps On Working While Studying

To begin with, the temporary policy easing limitations on the number of hours overseas students may work while studying in Australia will expire on July 1, 2023. The new hour limitations, however, will be bigger than the former one, which was 48 hours every two weeks.

The goal is to achieve a compromise between giving international students the opportunity to fully pursue their major objective—studying in Australia—and giving them the means to sustain themselves financially, if necessary, and to get experience working there.

The 48-hours-per-fortnight (24 hours/per week) restriction will start to apply to both present international students and new ones in July.

The minor increase in permitted working hours has not been well received by all overseas students. Gunveer Singh, an Indian business student in Melbourne who works at a supermarket to help pay for his studies, spoke with us recently and said,

"At the moment, the majority of students work an endless amount of hours to pay for their education and cover Australia's rising living costs. Many students who only have enough money for the first semester when they arrive in Australia and who depend on onshore employment to pay their tuition for the rest of their degrees would be unable to make ends meet if the limit of 24 hours a week were implemented.

Eligibility Details

Government officials claim:

"The two-year extension will be considered for eligible students who possess a genuine temporary graduate visa as of July 1, 2023, or who apply for it after that period."

Students whose visas expire before July 1, 2023, may petition for a work authorization extension by joining COVID-19 Pandemic event-endorsed Temporary Activity visa (subclass 408) events.

We all benefit when students who study in Australia (https://www.rapidmigration.com.au/) are able to stay longer and contribute to our economy.