Work-and-study student visa holders could be among the very first allowed to enter Australia!

With Australia’s vaccination rates rising sharply, the border is set to reopen. Last week, Prime Minister Morrison told Sunrise that international students and skilled migrants are expected to begin entering via New South Wales as early as late November (later November, early December), while other visitors would depend on how the return of Australians stranded overseas unfolds. He also expressed confidence that Victoria would follow a similar path to reopening.

Those holding work-and-study student visas will be among the first groups allowed to enter Australia.

Work-and-study student visas can be applied for directly from overseas — a single, streamlined process!

With the border reopening approaching and a steady stream of favourable visa news from Australia, students overseas can now apply directly for work-and-study programmes to enter Australia.Approval rates are extremely high for those who meet the basic requirements. Most applicants who meet the standard criteria no longer need to apply for a visitor visa first, enter on that visitor visa, and then apply for a work-and-study visa from within Australia.The process is now a single step — apply directly from overseas — which eliminates the risk associated with the extra visa application.It also means you can enter Australia sooner, since the timeline for visitors to enter Australia remains unclear.

The work-and-study student visa is the best-value pathway for studying and earning in Australia!

First, the educational requirements are relatively low. Students from China only need to have completed high school or above to meet the basic requirements for a work-and-study programme in Australia — even graduates of vocational secondary school can qualify.Anyone who has completed high school or vocational secondary school or above can come to Australia through a work-and-study programme to study while experiencing life and work in Australia.

Second, approval rates are very high. Since the pandemic, work-and-study programmes have surged in popularity again — we receive multiple approval cases every week. Whether you are in China or overseas, you can apply for a work-and-study student visa!

If you are currently in China,including students who returned to China on a previous visa that has since expired, you can lodge this visa application to facilitate your entry into Australia when the time comes.

If you are currently in Australia,whether you hold a working holiday visa, a visitor visa, or are a student whose Subclass 485 has expired, you can continue with a diploma programme to further your studies in Australia. Approval rates are extremely high!

Third, tuition fees are relatively affordable.Work-and-study programmes typically involve diploma-level courses, and students can choose their field of study based on their interests and career goals.Options include Western cookery, early childhood education, aged care, community services, business, and management — a wide range of fields. Tuition fees for these courses are modest, at roughly one-eighth of the cost of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.For comparison, the annual tuition for a business degree at the University of Sydney can reach up to $50,000 AUD.

Work-and-study student visa holders will find it very easy to secure work in the post-pandemic era!

In post-pandemic Australia, workers are in short supply and employers are struggling to recruit!Australia is facing a serious shortage of blue-collar workers, and work-and-study students are greatly needed to fill this labour gap. As the post-pandemic era sets in, Australian employers are finding it increasingly difficult to hire, and wages on offer are higher than before. This is fantastic news for work-and-study students coming to Australia — after entering the country, you can essentially stop worrying about finding work. Australia’s shortage is in blue-collar workers and labour generally, and blue-collar jobs in Australia come with very strong incomes. There is a wide variety of blue-collar work available,with students commonly working in kitchens, bubble tea shops, food delivery, cleaning, painting, construction sites, and massage, and more.

(Image source: The Australian)

(Image source: SBS Chinese)

, here is one of the more common and well-paying types of work:

Firstly, cleaning work.In Australia, cleaning work is low-stress, has few age restrictions, and pays well — commonly $20–40 per hour. A full-time cleaner working five days a week, eight hours a day, can earn the equivalent of approximately 20,000–30,000 RMB per month. How does that compare to the same work in China? That income level exceeds the monthly salary of many ordinary office workers back home. And if you save enough while working and eventually build your own small cleaning business, the income can be very significant indeed — more than enough to cover all your expenses in Australia, including tuition fees and living costs, with savings to spare.

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