Australia Work Guide

After you have started your course of study, you may apply for work permission up to 20 hours a week. You must also applyto the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to do volunteeror unpaid work which counts toward the 20 hours a week limit you areallowed under your visa.For more information, visit DIACs websiteat www.immi.gov.au

You will need permission from DIAC in the state or territory where you are living, If you want to work part-time in Australia.For work permission, complete a form 157P from DIAC, and pay $60 as an application fee.you will need to show letter from your institution as evidence that you havecommenced your course of study and your current student visa.You need to fill all this information in form.You also can apply online but after aprovel you need to go DIAC office to get a new visa label into your passport.You also can include your spouse in same form to get work visa. Student work visa has some conditons. You must follow these condition.otherwise your visa may be cancelled.

You must obtain a Tax File Number (TFN) from the Australian TaxationOffice (ATO) if you are going to work in Australia. You can also need aTFN to open a bank account. To apply TFN you can obtain form from post office or ATO website.You can use the ATO’s online registration system to get TFN but ensure that you must get permission to work before apply TFN.

Australia is a land of opertunities.If student have good skills in perticular feild then they can get job in their feild otherwise international students can find work in retail, hospitality andadministration and factories. Dependingon work and age they can get $10-20 an hour. They may be paid morefor working on nights, Sundays or public holidays.There are many websites where you can find work. some of these are:-
http://www.seek.com.au
http://www.gumtree.com.au
http://mycareer.com.au

You will need to lodge an income tax return, If you work in Australia.You can complete it through a registered tax agent or by completing it yourself.You can get guide and forms from post office or news agencies. You also can do it by e-tax. This is the fastest way to refund. You can downloade-tax from the ATO website. For more information visit www.ato.gov.au.

If you are international student, and are paid $450 or more per month, you may be entitled to superannuation. Youremployer is usually required by law to pay money into a superannuationor retirement savings account for you. If you you permanently leave Australia, you may be entitled torefund this money. For more infomation about superannuation visit www.ato.gov.au.