8101
No work
You must not do any work in Australia, paid or unpaid, while you hold this visa. This is common on visitor visas and some bridging visas.
8102
No work except for your course
You must not work in Australia, except work that is a required part of your course or training.
8105
Student work limit
While your course is in session you can work up to 48 hours a fortnight. During scheduled course breaks you can work unlimited hours. Work that is a registered part of your course is not counted. You must not start work before your course begins.
8107
Work only in the approved position or activity
You must work only for the employer, and in the position or activity, that your visa was granted for. It appears on some older sponsored visas and some temporary activity visas. Stopping that work, or changing it, can lead to cancellation.
8201
Study limited to 3 months
You can study or train for up to 3 months in total while you hold this visa. Longer study needs a student visa.
8202
Meet your course requirements
You must stay enrolled in a registered course, attend classes and make satisfactory progress. Breaching this condition can lead to the cancellation of your student visa.
8303
No disruptive or violent activity
You must not become involved in activities that are disruptive to, or involve violence or a threat of harm to, the Australian community or any group within it.
8501
Keep adequate health insurance
You must keep adequate health insurance for the whole time you are in Australia. For students this is usually Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).
8503
No further stay
While you are in Australia you cannot be granted most other visas, other than a protection visa or certain limited visas. In some cases you can ask the Department to waive this condition, but only in narrow circumstances that developed after the visa was granted.
8504
Enter before a set date
You must make your first entry to Australia by the date the Department specifies, usually shown on your grant letter.
8515
Do not marry before arriving
You must not marry or enter a de facto relationship before you enter Australia. This applies to some child and dependent family visas.
8516
Keep meeting the visa requirements
You must continue to be a person who would meet the main requirements for the grant of this visa.
8517
Schooling for your children
You must keep adequate schooling arrangements in place for any school-age dependants who are in Australia with you.
8531
Leave by the end of your stay
You must not stay in Australia after the end of the period of stay allowed by your visa.
8532
Welfare arrangements for students under 18
If you are under 18 you must keep approved accommodation, support and welfare arrangements, or live with a parent, custodian or eligible relative, until you turn 18.
8533
Keep your education provider informed
You must tell your education provider your residential address within 7 days of arriving in Australia, and any change of address or education provider within 7 days.
8534
No further stay (students)
While you are in Australia you cannot be granted most other visas. Some visas, including some graduate and protection visas, are not affected. Waivers are possible only in limited circumstances.
8547
Six months with one employer
On a working holiday visa you must not work for the same employer for more than 6 months unless an exception applies or permission is given.
8558
12 months in any 18 months
You must not stay in Australia for more than 12 months in any 18-month period. This applies to many longer-validity visitor visas.
8564
No criminal conduct
You must not engage in criminal conduct in Australia.
8579
Live and work in a regional area
While you hold this visa you must live, work and study only in a designated regional area of Australia. This applies to the 491 and 494 visas.
8607
Work in your nominated occupation (482)
You must work only in the occupation you were nominated for, and generally only for your sponsor. You must also hold any licence or registration your occupation needs. If your employment ends you have a limited time to find a new sponsor or leave Australia.
No condition matches that search. Check the number on your grant letter or VEVO, or ask us.
These are plain-English summaries. The exact wording of each condition is in Schedule 8 of the Migration Regulations 1994. You can check the conditions on your own visa at any time with VEVO, the Department’s free Visa Entitlement Verification Online service. Breaching a condition can lead to cancellation of your visa.
Worried about a condition on your visa?
We can explain what it means for you, and whether a waiver or another visa is possible.