Category: working holidaymaker

Australia Offers Visa Fee Refund to Entice Students, Backpackers Back Down Under

The Australian federal government has announced a series of measures to lure over 170,000 student and working holiday visa holders back into the country to fill labour shortages. Offshore student and working holiday visa holders, as well as new applicants, will have their visa application fees refunded upon arrival. All student visa holders who arrive within the…


British backpacker wins legal case against Australia’s ‘backpacker tax’

Backpackers from eight countries will be able to save thousands of dollars after the Australian High Court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s tax on working vacation makers from these countries is unfair. In December 2016, Australia legislated a backpacker tax that will see working holidaymakers charged a flat rate of 15% on incomes up…