Temporary relaxation of working hours for student visa holders

The Department of Home Affairs and Australian Border Force has approved a temporary relaxation of working hours for student visa holders, when employed in specific sectors.

You can work for more than 40 hours a fortnight if you are:

• employed in the tourism and hospitality sector

• employed in the agriculture sector

• enrolled in a health care related course and you are supporting the health effort against COVID-19 as directed by health officials

• employed by an aged care Approved Provider or Commonwealth-funded aged care service provider with a RACS ID or a NAPS ID, before 8 September 2020

• employed by a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme provider

The government will review these temporary measures regularly and will announce when these measures no longer apply.

Student visa holders do not have to apply to get these temporary measures but will need to contact their employers.