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Australia cuts ‘457 visa’ stay

What is ‘457 Visa’

457 visa is given to foreign workers for 4 years and is designed to fill positions where Australians are difficult to be found. There are a range of different occupations on the list from different salary levels and different education backgrounds.

Australia has announced changes to the ‘457 visa’ programme for skilled foreign workers to limit their ability to look for another job after their official employment ends, a move that will adversely affect Indians working in the country.

Foreign workers on a ‘457 visa’ will only now be able to stay in Australia for 60 days after their employment ends instead of 90.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton yesterday said, “From November 19, the period that a subclass 457 visa holder may remain in Australia after their employment ceases will be reduced from 90 days to 60 days.”

“The change is expected to assist in ensuring that the 457 programme met its intent of acting as a supplement to, rather than a substitute for, Australian workers, apart from reducing the vulnerability of 457 visa holders, who were only permitted to work for an approved sponsor and were not eligible for unemployment benefits, from entering into informal employment arrangements.” The Minister said that the government was committed to ensuring that Australian workers have priority and to reducing the potential for temporary visa holders to be exploited.

“This change is about reducing competition from overseas workers for those Australians who are actively looking for work,” Dutton said.

“The government values the contribution made by the many skilled persons who work in Australia on 457 visas, but where there is an Australian worker ready, willing and able to perform a role, it is the government’s policy that they have priority,” he said.

 

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