WORK
Permission to Work
If you want to get a part-time job (students on student visas can’t work more than 20 hours per week) you must get work permission from:
The Department of Immigration (D.I.M.I.A.)
26 Lee Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: 131 450
You must first apply on-line at: www.immi.gov.au using a credit-card.
Then after you receive an email from DIMIA, you can go into their office to get your new visa.
Tax File Number
You will also need to apply for a tax-file number (T.F.N.) at: Then after you receive an email from DIMIA, you can go into their office to get your new visa.
The Australian Taxation Office (A.T.O.)
100 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: 132 866
You need your passport & you must fill in a Tax File Number application form.
For Australian taxation office enquiries phone: 132 861 or go to www.ato.gov.au
Finding work
You can find a job by
- asking students and businesses in the area
- looking in the Manly Daily Newspaper Classified sections, especially on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Resume and References
If you want to find a job in Australia, it is important to have a one-page resume (C.V.) and personal and work references translated into English.
Here is a sample resume you can download:
STUDENT WRITING
by Thiago
I am here 4 months, and I found a job in the second month. I'm architect, but this moment I'm not working as that, but I will find a job about architecture and am waiting for my english to be better. I love Australia.
Vinnie and Thiago
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Do you like surfing? You could work in the surf industry.
Can you cook? Maybe it'll be your job in Australia.
Sydney has many restaurant jobs that are well suited to students who are studying during the day.
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