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VN-AUSTRALIA WORK-HOLIDAY VISA AGREEMENT TAKES EFFECT

Australia and Vietnam have started a reciprocal work and holiday visa programme from March 1. The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton and Vietnam's Minister and Head of the Government Office Mr Nguyen Van Nen signed a work and holiday Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and Vietnam.

This agreement will allow young Vietnamese people, aged between 18 and 30, to travel to Australia for one year and undertake short-term work and study as well as young Australians to work and have holiday in Vietnam.

Every year, 200 eligible Vietnamese applicants will be granted visas to Australia and 200 Australians can come to Vietnam.

'Our two countries have a strong and positive relationship and this arrangement will further foster people-to-people links between the two countries,' Mr Dutton said. Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Senator Michaelia Cash said over the coming months, both countries will be working closely to implement the necessary legal and administrative processes to bring the new visa into effect.

'This is a great opportunity for young people to experience a once-in-a-lifetime cultural exchange while at the same time strengthening links between our two countries,' Minister Cash said.

Vietnam is the latest country to have a reciprocal work and holiday visa arrangement with Australia. Similar agreements already exist with Israel, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Poland, Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay.

The Work and Holiday visa differs from a Working Holiday visa as it requires applicants to have the support of their government, hold or be studying towards tertiary qualifications and to speak functional English.

"I'm delighted to see the latest outcome in our bilateral cooperation," Australian ambassador Craig Chittick said. "Young Vietnamese and Australian citizens now have the opportunity to be part of a unique cultural exchange experience. It will improve the understanding between the people of our two countries and contribute greatly to our economic, security and innovation partnerships ". The work and holiday visa will allow Vietnamese citizens to engage in cultural exchange and tourism programmes; stay in Australia for 12 months from their date of arrival; work for the 12-month duration of their stay (but for not longer than six months with one employer); and do up to four-month-long courses.

After March 1, the work and holiday visa programme will reopen on July 1 every year.

For more information on eligibility and conditions of the visa and how to apply, visit vietnam.embassy.gov.au/hnoi/Visas_and_Migration.html (Australian Embassy Vietnam) or border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/462 (Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection) or laodongkynghi.dolab.gov.vn (Department of Labour, Vietnam's Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs).

Retrieved at: http://news.chinhphu.vn/Home/VNAustralia-WorkHoliday-Visa-Agreement-takes-effect/20173/29959.vgp

Do Thi Minh Trang

 
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