The rules from official sources, and what job ads actually say.
Australian citizens and permanent residents have unrestricted work rights. For every temporary visa, the conditions on your own visa are what count, and they are listed on VEVO.
| Live ads | Right now |
|---|---|
| Across our engine | 28,124 |
| State citizens only | 653 |
| Require full existing work rights | 666 |
| Say nothing about work rights | 26,805 |
Fewer than 5% of live ads state a work-rights requirement at all. Silence in an ad is not a yes and not a no. It means the employer has not said.
If an ad states citizens only or requires full existing work rights, take it at its word and spend your application somewhere better.
Counted 23 Aug 2026. Signals are read from the ad text by our engine.
Up to 48 hours a fortnight while your course is in session. A fortnight is any 14-day period starting on a Monday. During official course breaks there is no cap. Masters by research and PhD students have no cap once their course has started. The reported change to 60 hours was proposed but has not become law as of August 2026.
Yes. The Temporary Graduate visa carries unrestricted work rights for as long as the visa is valid. There is no fortnightly cap and no limit on employer or industry. Your own visa grant letter and VEVO list any conditions that apply to you specifically.
Generally six months with any one employer, under the condition attached to subclass 417 and 462 visas. There are exceptions for some industries, locations and circumstances, and doing specified work can qualify you for a second or third visa. Check the current exceptions on the Home Affairs site before you plan around them.
Mostly no. Across the live ads our engine reads, fewer than 5% state any work-rights requirement. A small number say citizens only or require full existing work rights. The rest say nothing at all, and silence means the employer has not said, not that visa holders are excluded.
VEVO is the Australian Government service that shows the visa details and conditions attached to your own visa, free. Employers also use it to check work entitlements. If you are unsure what applies to you, VEVO is the answer, not a job ad and not this page.
Make a free account, set your work-rights status once, and point the radar at your suburb. It remembers, so every application starts from the truth.
Start freeJob counts come from our own engine, which reads employer hiring systems across Australia daily. Counted 23 Aug 2026. The visa rules on this page were last checked 23 August 2026 against immi.homeaffairs.gov.au. Visa conditions change; your own conditions are listed on VEVO.
This page is general information, not migration or legal advice.