491 VISA

coolitz_12 · November 2023

whimpee · November 2023

@coolitz_12 said:
Hi, for those 491 visa holder. Meron po ditong WFH and yung employer nila is outside regional area and wala naman naging problema?

_Metropolitan Sydney is unquestionably ineligible for either of these visas, therefore let’s use it as an example. What if you’re working remotely in a distant area yet your company’s headquarters are in Sydney? Many people would be astonished to hear that it is permissible while holding a 489 or 491 visa. In reality, the Immigration Department regulation expressly permits you to travel to and work in Sydney to attend employer-sponsored training programmes. This obviously does not imply that you can visit Sydney twice a week.

Immigration policy on the 491 visa condition states the key to determining whether a visa holder is working in a specified regional area is assessing where the applicant’s usual place of work is located. If an applicant’s space of work is in a specified regional area but their employer is based elsewhere in Australia or overseas. They are considered to be working in a specified regional area. What matters most is it your work time is spent physically in a regional area and it does not matter where your employer is based out of condition 8578 for the 491 visa status, the holder must notify the Immigration department of a change to any of the following within 14 days after the change occurs, the address of an employer of the holder, the address of the location of a position in which the holder is employed.

If you’re working from home and you hold a 491 visa, then on the employer location you should put your home address as the location of your position where you’re employed. It is advisable that you obtain a reference letter from your employer outlining the conditions of employment. Specifically, it should outline what is the address and will you be carrying out the employment. This does not mean that you are not allowed to take your computer and work at a local café, or perhaps while you’re sitting on the beach. It’s just that way you will be the majority of the time with the 491 visa._

Me, the company is based in Sydney but I am working from home in Hunter Region.

coolitz_12 · November 2023

@whimpee said:

@coolitz_12 said:
Hi, for those 491 visa holder. Meron po ditong WFH and yung employer nila is outside regional area and wala naman naging problema?

_Metropolitan Sydney is unquestionably ineligible for either of these visas, therefore let’s use it as an example. What if you’re working remotely in a distant area yet your company’s headquarters are in Sydney? Many people would be astonished to hear that it is permissible while holding a 489 or 491 visa. In reality, the Immigration Department regulation expressly permits you to travel to and work in Sydney to attend employer-sponsored training programmes. This obviously does not imply that you can visit Sydney twice a week.

Immigration policy on the 491 visa condition states the key to determining whether a visa holder is working in a specified regional area is assessing where the applicant’s usual place of work is located. If an applicant’s space of work is in a specified regional area but their employer is based elsewhere in Australia or overseas. They are considered to be working in a specified regional area. What matters most is it your work time is spent physically in a regional area and it does not matter where your employer is based out of condition 8578 for the 491 visa status, the holder must notify the Immigration department of a change to any of the following within 14 days after the change occurs, the address of an employer of the holder, the address of the location of a position in which the holder is employed.

If you’re working from home and you hold a 491 visa, then on the employer location you should put your home address as the location of your position where you’re employed. It is advisable that you obtain a reference letter from your employer outlining the conditions of employment. Specifically, it should outline what is the address and will you be carrying out the employment. This does not mean that you are not allowed to take your computer and work at a local café, or perhaps while you’re sitting on the beach. It’s just that way you will be the majority of the time with the 491 visa._

Me, the company is based in Sydney but I am working from home in Hunter Region.

Hi @whimpee thank you very much sa pagsagot. If you don't mind I sent you a DM. Thanks!