SA sponsored visa 489, Work from home (Adelaide) setup hired by a melbourne company.

dreamon · April 2019

Hi Kabayan! ask ko lng po. VISA 489 cond 8539 po kami ng family ko. upon applying for Visa 887 after 2 years of staying in SA and 2 years working from home, valid po ba yung work from home as full time job? magkakaproblema po ba sa pag apply for PR kung yun lang ang naging trabaho sa buong stay ko sa SA?

cucci · April 2019

This seems to be a good reading for your question.... https://www.australiavisa.com/immigration-news/from-a-489-to-a-887-visa/

Worked for 1 year?

Similar to the residence criteria, the applicant can accumulate the 1 year of work over multiple shorter time periods. Time spent working in these areas cannot be if it was whilst the visa holder was not on a 489 visa. The applicant need only have physically worked in a location within the specified areas attached to their visa conditions, but do not need their employer to be based there (e.g. if the employer has multiple offices). In one of our cases, our client worked in a specified regional area from home via an online portal but his employer was located in Sydney. The fact was that he was working in a specified regional area and that was all that mattered.

The work must be full time, which is typically regarded to be 35 hours a week, however if the nature of the work is such that less hours are required, the DIBP will not enforce the 35 hour minimum so strictly. Nonetheless, work cannot be counted if it is for less than 30 hours a week. The DIBP will also consider the requirement met if the applicant works part-time for 2 jobs for a year with the combination of hours being 35 per week.

It also does not matter what type of work is undertaken. There is absolutely no requirement that the work is related to the nominated occupation you used to obtain the 489 visa. You can be driving a taxi, picking fruit or washing dishes at the local cafe to meet the work requirement. Their is also no need that you have a permanent job either. You can be a casual or part time, the designation does not matter.

If work has taken the applicant outside the specified areas based on the applicant’s visa condition, these trips cannot be frequent. They are acceptable so long as the applicant place of work to a significant degree, is within those specified areas.

Supporting documents will be needed to support any work claims and they include employment contracts, payslips, tax documents, work references and the like.