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Extend your AE work visa today. New initiatives announced.

Updated: Nov 6, 2024


Its one of those special days, for a migrant worker. which would mean and make a Huge difference in their quest for a Better life for themselves and their families. Earlier this year, the Government announced changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).

Some major changes take place today which allows :

  1. A '๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†' of five years for most AEWV holders, with shorter periods for workers in specific sectors.

  2. An increase in the ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฉ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ for people earning at ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

  3. An increase in the ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฉ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ for people in the ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐr paid the level three and four pay rates.

  4. An ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป for current AEWV holders to apply for the balance of the longer five-year or three-year visa if they are eligible.

The current visa will not extend automatically to the longer length. To apply for the balance of the longer visa, AEWV holders will need to meet criteria. Employers of current AEWV holders may be able to reuse existing job tokens, without completing a Job Check, to support their worker to apply for the balance of the longer AEWV.


There is criteria employers need to meet, including holding valid accreditation.

Keen to know more, or looking at help with applying for this, talk to us today.

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