워킹 홀리데이 비자 프로그램 변경 발표

2018년 11월 5일 호주 정부는 지방 지역의 경제 지원과 농업 인력난 해소를 위해 워킹 홀리데이 비자 프로그램의 확대를 발표했습니다. 대한민국 국적을 가진 워홀러들에게 적용되는 변경사항들은 아래와 같습니다.

1. 2018년 11월 5일부터 워킹 홀리데이 비자 소지자들은 지정된 (1)지방 지역(Regional Area)에서 (2)농축산업에 종사하는 같은 고용주에게 12개월까지 고용될 수 있음

2. 세컨드 워홀비자에 이어 세번째 (third) 워홀 비자 기회 제공 – 세컨드 워홀 소지지가 2019년 7월 1일 이후 지정된 (1)지방 지역에서 (3)특정업종(Specified Work)에서 6개월 이상 종사한 경우 세번째 워홀 비자를 신청할 수 있는 자격이 주어짐 – 워홀비자로 최대 3년까지 호주에 체류 가능.

이번 변화에 대해 이민성 웹사이트에 발표된 전체 내용은 아래 링크를 통해 확인 가능합니다.

지방 지역 – Regional Areas

아래 테이블 적용. 참고로 이민성에서 지방 지역에 들어가는 지역을 확대하기로 했으며 해당 지역의 정확한 우편번호는 추후 발표 예정

농축산업 – Plant and Animal Cultivation

Plant and animal cultivation includes most agricultural work, such as:

the harvesting and/or packing of fruit and vegetable crops

• the harvesting and/or packing of fruit and vegetable crops
• pruning and trimming vines and trees
• general maintenance crop work
• cultivating or propagating plants, fungi or their products or parts
• immediate processing of plant products
• maintaining animals for the purpose of selling them or their bodily produce
• immediate processing of animal products including shearing, butchery, packing and tanning
• manufacturing dairy produce from raw material

특정업종 – Specified Work (세컨드 워홀 비자를 취득하기 위해 해야 하는 업무들과 동일)

Specified work is any type of work described in the list below:

Plant and Animal Cultivation

• the harvesting and/or packing of fruit and vegetable crops
• pruning and trimming vines and trees

Note: This must be the your primary employment task and directly associated with the cultivation and commercial sale of plant produce, such as fruit and nut crops (commercial horticultural activities). General garden maintenance is not eligible.

• general maintenance crop work
• cultivating or propagating plants, fungi or their products or parts
• immediate processing of plant products
• maintaining animals for the purpose of selling them or their bodily produce, including natural increase

   Note: Maintaining animals for tourism or recreational purposes is not eligible.

• immediate processing of animal products including shearing, butchery, packing and tanning

   Note: Secondary processing of animal products, such as small goods processing and retail butchery is not eligible.

• manufacturing dairy produce from raw material.

Fishing and Pearling

• conducting operations relating directly to taking or catching fish and other aquatic species
• conducting operations relating directly to taking or culturing pearls or pearl shell.

Tree Farming and Felling

• planting or tending trees in a plantation or forest that are intended to be felled
• felling trees in a plantation or forest
• transporting trees or parts of trees that were felled in a plantation or forest to the place where they are to be milled.

Mining

• coal mining
• oil and gas extraction
• metal ore mining
• construction material mining
• non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying exploration
• mining support services.

Construction

• residential building construction
• non-residential building construction
• heavy and civil engineering construction
• land development and site preparation services
• building structure services
• building installation services
• building completion services
• other construction services.